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Archbishop greets cemetery visitors Archbishop George Niederauer greets visitors at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, June 2 during 125th anniversary events for the archdiocese’s principal Catholic cemetery. Those attending included descendants of Timothy Buckley, the first person to be buried at Holy Cross. See story on Page 7.

Seminarian for all seasons brings visibility to vocations LIDIA WASOWICZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

This is the third in an ongoing series periodically reporting on seminarian Tony Vallecillo’s journey through his pastoral year at St. Raphael Parish in San Rafael toward his ordination as a priest in 2014. On a recent Sunday, Tony Vallecillo led prayers, celebrated birthdays, directed skits, devised a test-yourBible-knowledge contest in his third grade religion class, met with parents, checked with staff, greeted parishioners, preached in Spanish and prepared a presentation for the homebound – all before lunch.

PASTORAL YEAR A seminarian’s immersion in parish life “You really need to be a chameleon,” he has learned since arriving Aug. 31, 2011, at St. Raphael for a pastoral year aimed at testing his aptitude and

affinity for diocesan priesthood. “I just try to do my best and hope it’s effective.” His efforts have earned him a reputation as a seminarian for all seasons among all he serves: the young and old, energetic and infirm, native born and immigrant. “He got the call from our Lord late in life, but he’s making up for lost time!” said longtime parish cook and Hispanic liaison Mercedes Tapia, who has been helping the 50-year-old Vallecillo brush up on his Spanish. “The whole church will miss him when he leaves.” SEE VOCATIONS, PAGE 5

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FORTNIGHT FOR FREEDOM: The U.S. bishops’ campaign of teaching and witness for religious liberty begins June 21 – the vigil of the feasts of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More – and ends July 4. The fortnight is a special period of prayer, study, catechesis and public action to emphasize both our Christian and American heritage of liberty. Archbishop George Niederauer is encouraging pastors in the archdiocese to explain the purpose of the campaign in their Sunday bulletins and to include special prayers in the prayers for the faithful at Sunday Masses on June 24 and July 1. The archbishop will celebrate 11 a.m. Mass July 1 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Resources available at the bishops’ “Fortnight for Freedom” website include daily reflections and readings from the Vatican II document Declaration on Religious Liberty (“Dignitatis Humanae”). The public policy focus of the campaign is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandate “which would force virtually all employers – even those with conscientious objections – to provide health coverage for contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs,” said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, chairman of the bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty. DIACONATE ORDINATION: A new class of 12 permanent deacons for the archdiocese will be ordained June 24 at 3:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

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1942: Our Lady’s Knights of the Skies San Francisco Archdiocesan priest and Army Air Force Maj. William Clasby, seen addressing recruits at the Santa Ana Air Base in 1942, began a little-remembered devotional group called Our Lady’s Knights of the Skies. He was pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in San Francisco from 1965 until his death in 1986.

YEAR OF FAITH: The U.S. bishops’ promotion of the Year of Faith will include homily helps, a gathering of theology professors and even Facebook posts about the lives of the saints. The year is a celebration by the entire Catholic Church, running from Oct. 11 — the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council and the 20th anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church – to Nov. 14, 2013, the feast of Christ the King. E-BOOK CATECHISM: The Catechism of the Catholic Church is now available at the U.S. bishops’ website in a format identical to an e-book. Download at www.usccb.org/beliefs-andteachings/what-we-believe/catechism/ catechism-of-the-catholic-church/ index.cfm.

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New missionary order attracting East Palo Alto vocations VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

When Octavio Cortez and Juan Pablo Dominguez first made their way from Mexico to the U.S. as young teens, they had no idea that a little more than 15 years later both would be ordained priests. Nor that two other Latino members of their parish youth group would follow them into the seminary of the Institute of the Incarnate Word in suburban Father Octavio Washington, D.C., part of an Cortez unprecedented spike in religious vocations from St. Francis of Assisi Parish in East Palo Alto to the rapidly growing missionary order founded in 1984 in Argentina. The institute first came to the U.S. in 1989. On June 15, Father Cortez and Father Dominguez celebrated their first Mass as priests at St. Francis of Assisi, the parish Father Juan Pablo Dominguez where they discovered their call in the parish youth group. “What a change,” said Father Dominguez, 33, looking back at his life days after his ordination June 8. He is assigned as assistant pastor to the order’s first parish in Mexico. Father Cortez will be dean of students in Minnesota at the order’s minor seminary or high school. “Like most Mexican families, I was just working here and trying to come back to our country to start a better life there,” said Father Dominquez. He first arrived in the U.S. at 15 and travelled back and forth several times before he opted to remain in 1999. “I had already joined this youth group and they were helping me a lot to discover my CARDINAL call.” He entered the seminary THEODORE at 24. “It was the joy I found in the MCCARRICK Retired archbishop of priests in this order. They were Washington, D.C. different, they were joyful,” said Father Cortez, 31, who was working as a tree trimmer and taking some college classes when he began helping with retreats. He entered formation at 23. “They were also very manful in their attitude and how they acted. That caught my attention. I started to wonder about my own vocation when I saw this.” In addition to the two new priests, and two seminarians, there are other possible vocations to religious life from the East Palo Alto parish. A high school student is enrolled in the minor seminary. Five young women have entered the religious women’s order of Incarnate Word, called Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará, said youth group director Armenio Gonzalez. ”For a long time I’ve been convinced that the

Hispanic community has a great potential for vocations,” said St. Francis of Assisi pastor Father Lawrence Goode. The St. Francis of Assisi parishioners “are people who love the church. If their children have an interest in a vocation, they’re going to reinforce it” most of the time, he said. The Institute of the Incarnate Word is fulfilling the new evangelization with “zeal for the church, zeal for the Gospel,” said Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washing-

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VOCATIONS: Seminarian for all seasons brings visibility to priestly training FROM PAGE 1

That includes the parish school of religion students he mentors once a week in an unorthodox style that gets rewarding results and rave reviews. “The best was winning the ‘Bible challenge’ against the fourth and eighth graders because we knew more about Jesus and Moses, and we’re only third graders!” boasted Michael Dugdale, who attends Coleman Elementary School in San Rafael and who has no trouble rattling off the first 15 books of holy Scripture – in order. Parents invited to the last class before summer break watched in awe as hands shot up in response to every question and request the seminarian posed to his young charges. “It’s obvious his out-of-the-box creativity works,” said Dan Sonnet, whose daughter Isabel played Delilah in a Vallecillo-directed depiction of the temptress’s strength-sapping shearing of Sampson’s locks that brought the onlookers to their feet. “Tony’s the best teacher we’ve had and has made this year the most enjoyable and educational for my son Sean,” said Jami Breen, a St. Raphael parishioner for the past decade. That’s a relief for Eduardo Vazquez, director of religious education, who, truth be told, had his doubts about pairing the “sophisticated and serious” Vallecillo with youngsters. “It was a really nice surprise how well it worked out,” Vazquez said.

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Seminarian Tony Vallecillo visits Pat Palm, 84, a cancer hospice patient in San Rafael, and prepares to serve her Communion. “He brought the Gospel alive for the little kids.” He also brought it alive for his 15-year-old assistant, Noemi Ruiz, a sophomore at San Rafael High School. “I learned more in Tony’s third grade Sunday school class than in my entire preparation for confirmation,” she said, helping Vallecillo hand out giant chocolate cupcakes to the six youngsters celebrating summer birthdays. Most important, Vazquez added, “Tony’s very visible presence everywhere has raised consciousness about the need for priests and vocations.”

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That awareness was not lost on the 400-plus Spanish Mass-goers who smiled reassuringly, gestured encouragingly and shouted out helpfully when Vallecillo stumbled over a particularly tongue-twisting phrase as he spoke without notes in a language he had not routinely used since age 10. “Tony always teaches us an important message in his homilies,” said Obdulia Hernandez, 34, of San Rafael, a parishioner for nine years. “He gives a lot and means a lot to the Hispanic community.” Margarita Barajas of Novato, a

sacristan at St. Raphael, was particularly moved by the Nicaraguan-born seminarian’s dogged determination to overcome shyness and attain fluency in his native tongue. “I admire and pray for Tony Vallecillo and all priests for their vocation to serve the people of God,” she said in a statement she typed to ensure her message came across clearly. While none of the numerous hats he wears slipped on easily, ministering to the Hispanic community has proven a particularly difficult fit, Vallecillo confessed. “The reason that’s been the biggest challenge is that it forces me to let loose of my perfectionism since any presentation in Spanish is not going to be as good as in English, and it’s not going to be perfect by any means.” Postponing driving until age 43 because “I never liked cars,” he also second-guesses his road skills. Before setting out to visit a cancerridden hospice patient in her lagoonfront home less than three miles from the church, he prays to the Blessed Mother for a safe journey. Breathing through an oxygen tube, Pat Palm, 84, beams at Vallecillo’s arrival. “Tony loves his work, is very good with people and is going to make a wonderful priest; I can see him go up, up, up to Bishop Tony,” she gushes as he leaves to retrieve his pyx. “My dream is to be there when he reaches his most beautiful dream and becomes a priest in two years.”

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Names of 39,000 from pioneer cemetery to be accessible GEORGE RAINE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Mount Calvary Cemetery was intended to be the last earthly home for some 55,000 San Francisco Catholics, among them some of the city’s pioneers, but development at the turn of the last century upended those plans – and the grave sites themselves. Long-gone Calvary, 48 acres bounded by Geary Boulevard, Turk Street, St. Joseph’s Avenue and Masonic Avenue, opened in 1860 as the city’s Catholic cemetery – one of the “Big 4” cemeteries in San Francisco, along with the Odd Fellows, Masonic and Laurel Hill cemeteries. Eighty years later, in 1940-41, many of the faithful buried there were transferred to Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, which had opened in 1887, in a mass removal and reburial that was done according to Hoyle except for one piece: While the records of the people transferred were never compromised, their names, 39,307 in all, were never entered into Holy Cross’ computer registry. Now, the time-consuming work of entering names from old ledger books into the database has been contracted out to a private firm, SFgenealogy, and the cemetery’s electronic record will be complete, particularly to the delight of people doing genealogy research,

Philip A. Roach, Monterey’s first mayor, was among Calvary’s 55,000 burials.

The oldest names on the ledger of people buried at the former Calvary Cemetery show the faroff origins of Catholics in post-Gold Rush San Francisco.

said Monica Williams, archdiocesan cemeteries director. “It means you get your name back,” she said. “Not that you have been forgotten, but there is no reason that their names would not be listed with everyone else here and now they will be.” It’s an impressive roster of the departed. William S. O’Brien, who made a fortune in the Consolidated Virginia Mining Co., which discovered the “Big Bonanza” body of ore, was buried at Calvary. So was Philip A. Roach, a pioneer who was the first mayor of Monterey. Col. Thomas Hayes, after whom Hayes

Valley is named, the first county clerk of San Francisco, was interred at Calvary. Dennis F. Sullivan, the San Francisco fire chief who died April 22, 1906, as a result of injuries in the earthquake and fire, was buried there. So were two Confederate officers – Brig. Gen. Edward Higgins, of the 1st Louisiana Artillery Regiment, who ventured west to work as an agent for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., and Col. George Flournoy, commander of the 16th Texas Infantry Regiment, who as attorney general of Texas coauthored the declaration of causes for secession and who later practiced law in San Francisco. A bench in Section H at Holy Cross, where the Calvary departed were interred, honors the soldiers, and was dedicated by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. “I love history,” said Williams, “and I love the mission and purpose of the cemetery, and so when we find people and we find their story, it is a great triumph – to tell their story again, so they are not forgotten.” The last burial at Calvary was Oct. 18, 1909. He was John McKenna, 56, who died of heart disease. As early as 1880, developers and like-minded city officials began to campaign to remove cemeteries, largely so that homes could be built. Besides, the cemeteries were nearly full. In 1902, the Board of Supervisors prohibited burials and the sale of cemetery lots in the Big 4. The archdiocese resisted the man-

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date to move bodies for some 35 years, not only on grounds that it was a confiscation of property but primarily because this was consecrated ground. The church opposed “disturbing the pioneers’ repose,” as William Proctor of the city’s Department of City Planning, put it in a 1950 history of the cemeteries. From 1923-25, the Odd Fellows Cemetery moved to Greenlawn Memorial Park and the Masonic moved to Woodlawn Memorial Park, both in Colma. Calvary and Lauren Hill moved by 1941 – Calvary to Holy Cross and Lauren Hill to Cypress Lawn. After 1909 but before 1940, some 16,000 bodies at Calvary were moved, largely to Holy Cross, by their families, requiring the mass removal of the remaining 39,307 in 1940-41. Truth be told, the Big 4 had seen better days by the time they were shut down. Some San Franciscans may recall, as the San Francisco Chronicle reported in 1939, that “Here, during (Calvary’s) abandoned years … ghouls held vandalish orgies, on moonless, foggy nights ….” For others it was a lovers’ lane. Archbishop Patrick W. Riordan, although he decried the disturbance of consecrated land, had the foresight in the 1880s to anticipate Calvary would reach capacity. He purchased 300 acres of the Buri Buri rancho for Holy Cross, the first and largest cemetery in what would become Colma. “The massive growth in the city around the turn of the century proved him right,” said Williams.

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Catholic pioneer’s descendants gather at grave site Descendants of Timothy Buckley, the first person to be buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, gathered at the Buckley grave June 2 during 125th anniversary observances for the archdiocesan cemetery. Cemetery records show Buckley was born in Ireland, married to Ellen, resided at 438 Minna St. in San Francisco and was buried from St. Patrick Church. He died June 5, 1887, at age 45. His plot in Section J was purchased for $60 by Ellen and her sister Katie Donovan. The Buckleys had no children. Buckley’s great-nephew Father Francis Springer, a Marist priest living in San Francisco, fought in the Battle of the Bulge and spent 20 years as a missionary in Papua, New Guinea. Another nephew, Jamie O’Keefe, is a professional historian working with the San Francisco Fire Department Museum.

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Advocates of Proposition 8 plan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a circuit court’s Feb. 7 reaffirmation that the 2008 initiative banning same-sex marriage in California is unconstitutional. On June 5, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition from ProtectMarriage.com seeking a rehearing of a Feb. 7 appellate court ruling that struck down Prop. 8. The bid was before a three-judge panel, and two of the three favored denying the request. The court’s 26 judges were polled and a majority did not favor granting a rehearing,

Emily McCarthy stands next to Timothy Buckley’s marker. The worn inscription states that Buckley was a native of the parish of Cloundroughed, County Cork.

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The Buckley family at Timothy Buckley’s grave site: Jimmy, Jamie and Candice O’Keefe; Beth, Frank, Emily, Lauren and Brian McCarthy; Kathy and Stacie Hutton; Marist Father Francis Springer; Mark Dickey; Chuck Springer.

although three conservative judges dissented. ProtectMarriage.com is preparing an appeal, making it likely that the high court will take it up in the October 2012-June 2013 session. “We have anticipated since the beginning that the case will ultimately be decided by the United States Supreme Court,” said Andy Pugno, general counsel for ProtectMarriage.com. “However, it is heartening to note that three judges described their colleague’s position as a ‘gross misapplication’ of case law in arriving at their decision to destroy the historical definition of marriage between a man and a woman.”

Pugno said he was heartened by the dissent of the three conservatives on the appellate court – Judges Diarmuid O’Scannlain, Jay Bybee and Carlos Bea. O’Scannlain wrote that President Barack Obama had recently told a reporter he would like to see the public conversation about same-sex marriage continue “in a respectful way,” and that the decision not to rehear the Prop. 8 case “has silenced any such respectful conversation.” O’Scannlain disagreed with what he called a “gross misapplication” of case law by the two-judge majority, and said the court had overruled voters’ will. “We should not have so roundly

trumped California’s democratic process without at least discussing this unparalleled decision” as a full court, he said. In their February ruling, the circuit court judges supported then-U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker’s August 2010 ruling that Prop. 8 is unconstitutional. They ruled that the initiative served no conceivable legitimate state interest and that support is inexplicable on grounds other than “disapproval of gays and lesbians as a class” and of “same-sex couples as a people.” GEORGE RAINE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

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Archdiocese backs bill that may limit deportations GEORGE RAINE CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

A State Senate committee on June 12 voted in favor of legislation enthusiastically supported by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, along with all the state’s Catholic bishops, that would put restrictions on when local law enforcement agencies may detain undocumented people. Too often, advocates for reform say, detentions at the request of federal immigration officials lead to deportations of people with minor infractions. The result is the tearing apart of families, advocates say. The bill, by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, is called the Trust Act and would allow local governments to comply with federal requests to detain people for deportation only if they have a serious or violent felony conviction, and also lessens the opportunity for profiling and the wrongful detention of citizens, crime victims and witnesses. The bill passed the Senate Standing Committee on Public Safety by a vote of 5-2 on June 12, with two Republicans voting no. It now goes to the Senate Appropriations Committee and, if approved, onto the full State Senate and the State Assembly. At a news conference on the Ammiano bill in San Francisco on June 7, Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice of the archdiocese said he stands with Archbishop George Niederauer who has said: “It is

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Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice told a news conference near City Hall in San Francisco June 7 that he stands with Archbishop George Niederauer in restricting the detention of undocumented people by local law enforcement agencies. important that we keep working to change the policies that hurt our people. We cannot rest until the laws of our country reflect the laws of God and the dignity of people. “We cannot allow the pain of family separation and the fear amongst our communities to continue. We need to respect the dignity of our brothers and sisters, undocumented or not.”

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VATICAN MEDIA RESPONDS TO NEW TECH

VATICAN CITY – Vatican Radio will end its shortand medium-wave broadcasts to Europe and North and South America July 1, and a month later the Vatican press office will close the Vatican Information Service. Europe, North and South America are well covered by local rebroadcasts of Vatican Radio programs, and many people there access radio online – factors behind the decision to curtail service. Short- and mediumwave broadcasts to Africa, parts of the Middle East and Asia will continue. “Over the course of the 20th century, the international short- and medium-wave transmissions of Vatican Radio were a service of inestimable value in the history of the church – especially in Europe – supporting those populations oppressed by war and totalitarianism,� Vatican spokesman Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi said June 12.

POPE: FIDELITY BASED ON FAITH, NOT BLIND LOYALTY

VATICAN CITY – Working for the Vatican at the service of the church is not based on “blind loyalty,� but on a sincere belief that Jesus entrusted his church to Peter and his successors, Pope Benedict XVI told priests studying to be Vatican diplomats. Working for the Holy See “entails a serious responsibility, but also a special gift, which, as time goes on, should make you grow in closeness to the pope, a closeness marked by interior trust,� which is expressed by the word “faithfulness,� he said in remarks June 11 to students and faculty of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the school where Vatican diplomats are trained. “We know that the faithfulness proper to the church and to the Holy See is no ‘blind’ loyalty, for it is enlightened by our faith in the one who said: ‘You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church,’� the pope said.

pope said, offering a 20-minute off-the-cuff meditation on the meaning of baptism. “Renouncing the glamour of Satan in today’s age means rejecting a culture where truth does not matter� and where “calumny and destruction� reign, he said. Christians reject “a culture that does not seek goodness, whose morality is really a mask to trick people and create destruction and confusion.�

HISTORIAN: CHURCH HAS NOT LEARNED FROM PAST ABUSE

OXFORD, England – A top church historian said the Catholic Church has failed to learn lessons from clergy abuse and cited evidence the problem also was mishandled in previous centuries.

“Unlike his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI has seen the necessity of reacting strongly to abuse, but the Vatican still isn’t facing up to the reasons for it – in particular, its connection with universal clerical celibacy,â€? said Diarmaid MacCulloch, professor of the history of the church at Oxford University, told Catholic News Service June 11. He said complaints of a cover-up of sexual abuse had been widespread in 17th-century Italy, when celibacy was made compulsory for all Catholic priests during the Counter-Reformation. ŠCATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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Chastised nuns’ group welcomes chance for dialogue BY CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – After meeting with top officials of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the head of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious said she was thankful for the chance to have an open dialogue about a recent Vatican-ordered reform of the Franciscan Sister Pat Farrell organization. Franciscan Sister Pat Farrell, LCWR president, and St. Joseph Sister Janet Mock, executive director, met with U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada, prefect of the doctrinal congregation, and with Archbishop J. Peter Sartain of Seattle June 12 to talk about the mandate. “We are grateful for the opportunity for open dialogue, and now we will return to our members to see about the next step” and decide how to proceed in light of discussions with the doctrinal office, Sister Pat told journalists. The LCWR will have an assembly in August, she said, and “we have no plan other than to take what came from the meeting today to our mem-

bers” and decide as a group what the next step should be. “We were able to directly express our concerns to Cardinal Levada and Archbishop Sartain,” said Sister Pat said in a statement released by the LCWR. The Vatican said the encounter took place “in an atmosphere of openness and cordiality” and “provided the opportunity for the congregation and the LCWR officers to discuss the issues and concerns raised by the doctrinal assessment.” According to canon law, the Vatican said, the LCWR “is constituted by and remains under the supreme direction of the Holy See in order to promote common efforts” and cooperation. “The purpose of the doctrinal assessment is to assist the LCWR in this important mission by promoting a vision of ecclesial communion founded on faith in Jesus Christ and the teachings of the church as faithfully taught through the ages under the guidance of the magisterium,” the Vatican said. The June 12 meeting came after the doctrinal congregation announced in April that a major reform was needed to ensure the LCWR’s fidelity to Catholic teaching in areas including abortion, euthanasia, women’s ordination and homosexuality. The call for reform came with an

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eight-page “doctrinal assessment” that cited “serious doctrinal problems which affect many in consecrated life.” The doctrinal congregation appointed Archbishop Sartain to provide “review, guidance and approval, where necessary, of the work” of LCWR, a Maryland-based umbrella group representing about 80 percent of the country’s 57,000 women religious. The national board of the LCWR said June 1 that it felt the assessment that led to the reform order “was based on unsubstantiated accusations and the result of a flawed process that lacked transparency.” The board called the sanctions “disproportionate to the concerns raised.” In an interview with Catholic News Service in early June, Sister Pat said one major concern is how differences of opinion or position are handled in the church. There is a “need for the opportunity to air differences in a respectful and open way and the conditions for that kind of dialogue have not always been present,” she said. She added that “it’s no secret that there is a good deal of polarization in the church in the United States and around the world, and I think that is something that’s at the root of (the reform order).” She said another source of tension was over the role and functions of religious women in church life with respect to its hierarchy. Archbishop Sartain said the reform was not directed at individual religious or religious life in general. “The impression is given that the Holy Father or anybody involved is saying something negative about religious women in the United States, which is not the case,” he said June 14.

US GROUPS SUPPORT NUNS

The executive committee of the Congregation of Major Superiors of Men and the heads of seven Franciscan provinces in the U.S. issued messages of support for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious as leaders of the nuns’ group prepared to meet with Vatican officials in response to a doctrinal reform order. The CMSM said its members “have been inspired by the sisters’ promotion of Catholic social teaching, their service to so many in health care and education, and their fidelity to the Gospel and service in the church.” The provincial ministers of the Order of Friars Minor, in an open letter to U.S. Catholic nuns, wrote, “At a time of heightened polarization and even animosity in our nation and church,” the Vatican action “may inadvertently fuel the current climate of division and confusion.”

BISHOPS CRITICIZE LCWR COVERAGE

Coverage of the Vatican’s doctrinal assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious has been marred by distortions, Bishop Leonard P. Blair of Toledo, Ohio, wrote in the June 8 edition of his diocesan newspaper, the Catholic Chronicle. “The biggest distortion of all is the claim that the (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) and the bishops are attacking or criticizing the life and work of our Catholic sisters,” he said. “What the CDF is concerned about ... is the particular organization known as the LCWR.” Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Ill., writing May 6 in the Catholic Times, said action is “not meant to call into question the faith and witness” of U.S. sisters. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JUNE 22, 2012

CHURCH OFFICIAL LIKENS JOURNALISTS TO DAN BROWN

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican Secretary of State blamed an ongoing scandal over leaked Vatican documents on unethical journalists and a spirit of hostility toward the Catholic Church. “Many journalists play at imitating Dan Brown,” said Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, in an interview with the Italian magazine Famiglia Cristiana. “They continue to invent fables or repeat legends.” Cardinal Bertone made his remarks as Vatican judges were investigating leaks to Italian journalists of dozens of documents, including letters to the pope and encrypted cables from Vatican embassies around the world, several of which hint at power Cardinal Bertone struggles among officials of the Holy See. “The truth is that there is a malicious will to produce division” among the collaborators of Pope Benedict XVI, the cardinal said.

IRISH CLERIC CALLS FOR NEW EVANGELIZATION

DUBLIN – Irish Catholics’ deep desire to strengthen their faith must form the basis of a radical new evangelization, said Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. Addressing an estimated 80,000 pilgrims June 17 at the closing Mass of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress, Archbishop Martin said that “in these eight days the Eucharist has awakened in our hearts something which went way beyond our plans and expectations.” He said high interest in catechetical sessions “tells us just how much thirst there is in our Catholic community to deepen the understanding of our faith,” he said.

LIVED FAITH KEY TO EVANGELIZATION, SAYS SYNOD TEXT

VATICAN CITY – Catholics who act like their faith has nothing to do with daily life and a church structure that is more bureaucracy than service are two impediments to the church’s ability to proclaim faith in Jesus, said the working document for the next world Synod of Bishops. “Every one of the church’s actions has an essential evangelizing character and must never be separated from the duty to help others encounter Christ in faith,” said the document that will guide the work of the synod, scheduled for Oct. 7-28 at the Vatican. The working document, released June 19, said the bishops and other synod participants will focus on: faith in Jesus as the heart of evangelization; how changes in the world impact belief and the practice of the faith; how liturgy, catechesis and charitable activity do or should bring people to faith; and a look at particular ways Catholics evangelize and educate people in the faith. The new evangelization, it said, “will also involve the courage to denounce the infidelities and scandals” within the church and “to acknowledge faults while continuing to witness to Jesus Christ.”

CATHOLIC LEADERS WARN OF MIDEAST “EMPTIED OF CHRISTIANS”

BEIRUT – Catholic leaders warned about the dangers of a continued exodus of Christians from the Middle East. “If the East is emptied of Christians, it will pave the way for a destructive conflict between Christians and Muslims,” Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, said June 18 during an interfaith meeting at a mosque. The patriarch of the Melkite Catholic Church warned that a destructive IslamicChristian struggle would break out in the world if Christians ceased to exist in the Levant, a region on the eastern Mediterranean. “The exodus of Christians means that Arab society becomes uniform and the Middle East will become a Muslim Arab society,” said Melkite Patriarch Gregoire III Laham of Damascus. “Coexistence is the future of these countries ... and there is no coexistence without Christians,” he said. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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Bishops to prepare message on work and the economy DENNIS SADOWSKI CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ATLANTA – The U.S. bishops June 13 approved a proposal to draft a statement on work and the economy as a way to raise the profile of growing poverty and the struggles unemployed people are experiencing. Titled “Catholic Reflections on Work, Poverty and a Broken Economy,” the message would advance the bishops’ priority of human life and dignity to demonstrate the new evangelization in action, explained Stockton Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.

The bishops voted 171-26 during their spring meeting to move ahead with a draft of the document. It is expected to be ready in time for a final vote at the bishops’ fall meeting in November. The message would be a follow-up to a Sept. 15, 2011, letter by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New Stockton Bishop York, president of Stephen E. Blaire the U.S. bishops’ conference, in which he urged bishops and priests across the country to preach about “the terrible toll the

CTSA: VATICAN CONFUSES CATECHESIS, THEOLOGY

ST. LOUIS – The Vatican “inappropriately conflates the distinctive tasks of catechesis and theology” in its criticism of the 2006 book “Just Love” by Mercy Sister Margaret Farley, the board of directors of the Catholic Theological Society of America. said June 7. The board said the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s assertion in a June 4 notification that many of the positions taken by Sister Farley are contrary to Catholic teaching is “simply factual.” “In our judgment, however, Professor Farley’s purpose in her book is to raise and explore questions of keen concern to the faithful of the church,” the board said in a one-page statement. “Doing so is one very legitimate way of engaging in theological inquiry that has been practiced throughout the Catholic tradition.” The congregation said Sister Farley’s book contains “erroneous propositions” on homosexual acts, samesex marriage, masturbation and remarriage after divorce that could cause confusion and “grave harm to the faithful.” It said the book “is not in conformity with the teaching of the church.”

current economic turmoil is taking on families and communities.” Now, Bishop Blaire explained, the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development felt that because poverty continues to grow and the economy continues to lag, it is time to address the human and moral costs of the continuing economic crisis in a more public way. “We can say to our people that we can identify with what you are going through,” he said. The message would build upon the bishops’ 1986 pastoral letter on the economy “Economic Justice for All,” Bishop Blaire explained, and would focus on specific challenges that have

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The CTSA board said “faithful Catholics in every corner of the church are raising ethical questions” about the issues explored in Sister Farley’s book.

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ATLANTA – The church has made strides on clergy abuse but must remain vigilant to ensure victims are cared for, the chairman of the National Review Board told a U.S. bishops’ gathering June 13. “In the long run, the strictly legal response caused more pain, did more damage and cost more money,” Al J. Notzon III said in a report marking the 10th anniversary of the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.” “The lesson learned by the church is clear: We must treat those making allegations of sexual abuse with compassion and care,” he said. He said church credibility continues to suffer and the bishops must counter this “trust problem” with scrupulous adherence to the charter’s reporting requirements.

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ATLANTA – Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore acknowledged the U.S. bishops’ “Fortnight for Freedom” campaign has come under heavy criticism in the secular media, in the blogosphere and by some Catholics as being a partisan political effort. “We’ve seen some reaction to our work that is sometimes hostile, sometimes unfair and inaccurate and sometimes derisive,” he said June 13, adding that the two-week period starting June 21 is meant to be free of politics and will emphasize church teaching on religious freedom. The bishops June 13 unanimously reaffirmed “United for Religious Freedom,” a statement that describes the church leadership as “strongly unified and intensely focused in ... opposition to the various threats to religious freedom in our day.” The document said the U.S. Health and Human Services mandate “demands our immediate attention” as “an unwarranted government definition of religion.” ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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Catholics nationwide rally for religious freedom CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – Catholics in dioceses across the country made their stand for religious freedom in a series of rallies June 8. Organized by the Pro-Life Action League in Chicago and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, based in Michigan, the rallies took place on the same day in an estimated 145 cities and all together drew about 63,000 participants. The focus of the rallies has been the federal Health and Human Services mandate that would require the Catholic Church and other religious employers to provide free health insurance coverage for contraceptives, abortioninducing drugs and sterilization services they deem immoral. “An hour may come when government succeeds in silencing the Catholic Church in the United States. But that hour is not upon us. Today, we stand and we fight,” Vicki Evans, respect life coordinator of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, told more than 500 people gathered at San Francisco’s Federal Building on Seventh Street. The rally was the second organized by the California Civil Rights Foundation since the U.S. bishops declared their unilateral opposition to the mandate. Public demonstrations against the mandate will continue through a “Fortnight for Freedom” declared by the U.S. bishops from June 21-July 4. At a Miami, Fla., “Stand Up for Religious Freedom” rally, Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski said a trend in U.S. society today seeks to marginalize

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Members of a parish pro-life youth group joined a religious freedom rally June 8 in Chicago.

“Unthinkable”; “I will not tolerate it”; “Time to take a stand”: Blunt words from Catholic demonstrators on a day of protest against the HHS mandate people of faith, to silence their public voices. “Religion is personal. But it should never be private. As people of faith we have a right to make our proposals,” he said. He noted that the purpose of the socalled “separation of church and state” is to “protect the church from the state, not the separation of religion from soci-

ety or of society from religious belief.” A packed Mass in Trenton, N.J., was the starting point for a rally outside the Statehouse. “I worry that we ourselves, within the church, may have set the stage for the ‘radical secularism’ of which Pope Benedict (XVI) has spoken by the way we have failed to hand on our Catholic faith, whole and entire, to this and to the

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Rally hails new policy halting deportations of young adults CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – “Si, se pudo,” chanted ecstatic supporters of President Barack Obama’s newly announced policy halting deportations of young adults who are living in the United States illegally and were brought to this country when they were minors. The chant, roughly translating as “Yes, we could,” is a sign of success after years of “Yes, we can.” It would break out between speakers’ comments at an impromptu rally held outside the White House June 15. One group, Casa de Maryland, helped organize the gathering that grew as the afternoon wore on. Earlier in the day Obama released his new policy, modeled after the proposed DREAM Act, the acronym for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors. The legislation has bipartisan support but has long languished in Congress. “Today is a day to celebrate, but also a day for hope. Thank God for moving Obama’s heart” said one Casa de Maryland speaker, just a few hundred yards from where Obama made his announcement. “Now we will fight for a federal DREAM Act.” Many people at the rally referred to themselves as “dreamers.” One of them, Varina Sandino, told Catholic News Service: “Obama’s move has affected my family. My brother was arrested two years ago for being an illegal immigrant. He had a B.A. from the University of Maryland.” Sandino continued, “This is surreal for me, and for so many students. We just need to keep pushing for legalization for everyone.” The policy change will affect people who complete

CHA URGES EXPANDED EXEMPTION

WASHINGTON – The Catholic Health Association, a major supporter of President Barack Obama’s health reform law, is urging the government to expand its definition of religious employers who are exempt from the requirement to provide contraceptives and sterilization free of charge to their employees. In comments filed June 15 with the Department of Health and Human Services, the top three CHA officials also said the Obama administration should provide and pay for the contraceptives itself if it insists that they must be provided at no cost to women. The five-page comments were signed by Sister

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A demonstrator in Los Angeles May 1 carries a sign that reads, “Legalization, yes. Deportation, no.” high school or get a GED, or serve in the military. Eligible applicants must be those who are between the ages of 15 and 30, who arrived in the U.S. by the age of 16 and have been here at least five years. One Casa de Maryland speaker, wearing a graduation cap, told the growing crowd, “We will continue fighting. Our status does not determine who we are. We determine who we are. We are American.” George Wesolek, director of Public Policy and Social Concerns for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, called the president’s action “a good step in provid-

Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity who is CHA president and CEO; Robert V. Stanek, who recently completed a term chairing the CHA board; and Joseph R. Swedish, the chairman for 2012-13. The three said the administration’s proposed “accommodation” that would allow nonexempt religious employers to provide the contraceptives through a third party “would be unduly cumbersome and would be unlikely to meet the religious liberty concerns of all of our members and other church ministries.” They said the current definition of a religious employer in the HHS rules raises “serious constitutional questions.”

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ing for the dreams of undocumented youth who by no fault of their own are here in this country with us. This needs, however, to be made official by passing DREAM Act legislation, which is still in Congress.” Isabel Castillo, an undocumented immigration activist who in May was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of San Francisco for her dogged work no matter the threat of deportation, told Catholic San Francisco that she is “cautiously optimistic” about the president’s order. “This is the third time something like this has been announced and the past two times prosecutorial discretion turned out to be ineffectual and essentially a broken promise,” she said June 18. “Out of 56,180 detained individuals, only 40 cases were closed. Only 1 percent of all cases were stopped under prosecutorial discretion.” Castillo, of Harrisonburg, Va., has for years been an advocate for the DREAM Act, all the while facing the possibility of being deported. USF honored her for her “selfless courage,” Jesuit Father Stephen A. Privett, the president of USF, said in May, presenting her with the honorary degree during graduation ceremonies. “We’re a little disappointed that President Obama did not issue an executive order to stop the deportation of all DREAM Act-eligible youth,” she said. “Actions speak louder than words, so we’ll just have to wait and see how it all works out. We obviously need a comprehensive immigration reform and/or the DREAM Act as this policy is not the permanent solution and does not provide a pathway to legalization.” GEORGE RAINE OF CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO CONTRIBUTED.

IRAQI BISHOP PLEADS FOR US CHURCH SUPPORT

ATLANTA – Making an impassioned plea on behalf of Iraq’s dwindling Christian population, Chaldean Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni of Baghdad called upon the U.S. bishops to press the Obama administration to take steps to protect religious rights in the Middle Eastern country. Speaking June 13 during the bishops’ midyear meeting, the cleric from Iraq said the country’s Christians are being targeted by Muslim extremists bent on ridding the country of all religious minorities. He said in the session presented by the bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace that the difficulties Christians face emerged only after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. “As leaders of the church in the United States,” he told the bishops, “you bear a special responsibility toward the people and Christians of Iraq. In 2003, your government led the war that brought some terrible consequences. The U.S. government can and must do all it can to encourage tolerance and respect in Iraq, to help Iraq strengthen the rule of law and to provide assistance that helps create jobs for Iraqis, especially those on the margins.”

REPORT: CHILDREN DO BEST WHEN RAISED BY BIOLOGICAL PARENTS

ATLANTA – Young adults raised by their biological parents in a stable intact marriage fared better emotionally, socially and relationally, according to a University of Texas at Austin study. The New Family Structures Study by Mark Regnerus of the university’s Population Research Center measured outcomes in 40 areas including social and economic well-being, psychological and physical health, sexual identity, sexual behavior and criminal behavior. Oakland Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, chairman of the bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, cited the study in his report June 14 during the U.S. bishops’ midyear meeting. Regnerus surveyed 2,988 young adults from 18 to 39 years old in 2011. Those questioned came from different family or home environments including traditional families, late-divorced, single-parent and adoptive families, and homes with a stepparent or a parent in a same-sex relationship. The findings were published in the July 2012 issue of Social Science Research. Regnerus wrote that the study provides data and information that shows there are differences in outcomes between children raised by their married biological mothers and fathers and children raised by a parent who is in a same-sex relationship. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JUNE 22, 2012

1,950 seniors graduate from 14 Catholic high schools MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Marin Catholic presented diplomas to 160 graduates on May 31 at Marin Center. Presenting diplomas were Tim Navone, president; and Chris Valdez, principal.

ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL

Archbishop Riordan presented diplomas to 142 graduates on May 26 in the school’s James Lindland Theatre. Presenting diplomas were Patrick W. Daly, president; and Kevin R. Asbra, principal.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ACADEMY

MARIN CATHOLIC Michelle Geck Salutatorian

MARIN CATHOLIC Nicholas Kwok Valedictorian

RIORDAN Miguel Guerrero Valedictorian

RIORDAN Chris Triguiero Salutatorian

ICA Shane Agao Valedictorian

ICA Rachel Tegenkamp Salutatorian

SHCP Calvin Yau Valedictorian

SHCP Kim Wong Salutatorian

SI Gaby Grieg Valedictorian

SI Kaitlin Crawley Ignatian Award

SI Kerry Crowley Salutatorian

STUART HALL Brandan La Valedictorian

CONVENT Aggie Kruse Valedictorian

MERCY SF Julienne Ebora Salutatorians

MERCY SF Alexandria Calopiz Salutatorian

MERCY SF Rachelle Tugade, Salutatorian

MERCY SF Elena Nicdao, Valedictorian

SACRED HEART Andrew Liotta Valedictorian

SACRED HEART Daniel Clancy Salutatorian

MERCY BURLINGAME: Katherine Bates Valedictorian

MERCY BURLINGAME: Nicole Kyle Salutatorian

PRIORY Kathleen Gregory Valedictorian

SERRA Luke Longinotti Valedictorian

SERRA Bhaven Patel Valedictorian

SERRA Rohan Acharya Valedictorian

ICA presented diplomas to 48 graduates June 8 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco. Dominican Sister Diane Aruda, president; and Lisa Graham, principal, presented the diplomas.

SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL PREPARATORY

SHCP presented diplomas to 308 seniors on May 26 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Gary Cannon, principal; and John F. Scudder Jr., president, presented the diplomas.

ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY

SI presented diplomas to 365 graduates June 2 at St. Ignatius Church. Jesuit Father Robert T. Walsh, president, presented diplomas.

STUART HALL HIGH SCHOOL

Stuart Hall presented diplomas to 39 graduates on June 2 at Stuart Hall. Speakers included William Campbell, student body president, and class representative Joe Hildula, as well as faculty member Cesar Guerrero. Tony Farrell, head of schools; and Gordon Sharafinski, director of schools, presented diplomas.

CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL

Convent of the Sacred Heart presented diplomas to 45 graduates on June 1 in the Flood Mansion on Broadway. Guest speaker was Sacred Heart Sister Anne Wachter, head of Convent of the Sacred Heart Elementary School. Presenting diplomas were Andrea Shurley, head of school; and Gordon Sharafinski, director of schools.

MERCY HIGH SCHOOL SAN FRANCISCO

Mercy San Francisco presented diplomas to 125 graduates on May 26 at Holy Name of Jesus Church, San Francisco. Dorothy McCrea, principal, presided.

SACRED HEART SCHOOLS, ATHERTON

Sacred Heart Schools presented diplomas to 145 graduates on May 25 at the school. Keynote speaker was Virginia Boesen, religious studies teacher, and campus minister. Presenting diplomas were school leadership including Anne Holloway, school board chairwoman; Richard A. Dioli, director of schools; and James B. Everitt, principal.

MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, BURLINGAME

Mercy Burlingame awarded diplomas to 129 graduates on June 3 at St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco. Presenting diplomas were Laura M. Held, president; and Lisa Tortorich, principal.

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WOODSIDE PRIORY

Woodside Priory presented diplomas to 63 graduates June 2 at the school in Portola Valley. Guest speaker was Julie Lythcott-Haims of Stanford University. Tim Molak, headmaster, presented diplomas.

JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL

Junipero Serra High School presented diplomas to 225 graduates on June 2 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. The Mass was celebrated by Father Joseph Bradley, Serra class of ‘73 and Father David Ghiorso, pastor of St. Charles Parish, San Carlos. Principal Barry Thornton presented the diplomas.

NOTRE DAME Alex Tabing, Valedictorian

NOTRE DAME Amanda Dames, Salutatorian

SAN DOMENICO Jennifer Elizabeth Reyff, Veritas Award

SAN DOMENICO Portia Juliette Henri-Warren, Outstanding Student Award

NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL, BELMONT

Notre Dame principal Rita Gleason presented diplomas to 118 graduates on June 5 at St. Pius Church, Redwood City.

SAN DOMENICO HIGH SCHOOL

San Domenico presented diplomas to graduating seniors on June 2 at the school in San Anselmo. Keynote speaker was author Isabel Allende. Presenting diplomas were Alyce Brownridge, high school division head; and Michael Sloan and Tracey Kelp, senior class moderators.

Each of our Catholic high school graduates has spent the past four years preparing for adulthood and college. I want to extend sincere and hearty congratulations to all on a job well done. I wish the graduates and their families a very blessed future with many successes along the way. More than 1,950 seniors graduated from the 14 Catholic high schools in the archdiocese in 2012 with 98 percent of them going on to college and the remainder off to serve our Maureen country in the armed services or Huntington into the job market. We look forward to next year when our 24,400 students in our 75 elementary and secondary schools will again begin a successful year. May God bless them, our parents and our school faculties and staff in this most worthy endeavor. Maureen Huntington Superintendent of Schools Archdiocese of San Francisco

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Aid groups say hunger threatens 18 million in West Africa MARIA PIA NEGRO CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – Millions of people in West Africa’s Sahel region face severe food shortages that could be catastrophic if international aid falls short in the coming weeks, according to representatives of Catholic and other humanitarian organizations. “The crisis is already here. People are already starving in some parts of the region,” said Bill Worms, Sahel communications officer for Caritas Internationalis in Rome. U.N. agencies estimate that 18 million people, including 3 million children, are at risk of hunger in parts of Chad, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Cameroon and northern Nigeria. Cereal production in the drought-hit region is down compared to the five-year average, with Mauritania and Chad showing deficits of over 50 percent compared to last year, according to Oxfam International. National food reserves are dangerously low and some cereal prices are up 60 percent to 85 percent.

SOME FAMILIES DOWN TO A MEAL A DAY

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A girl carries water from a well in the village of Synthiane Ndiakri, Mauritania, June 1. U.N. agencies estimate that 18 million people in West Africa’s Sahel region are at risk of hunger because of drought, conflict and rising food prices.

Organizations like Caritas Internationalis, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development and Catholic Relief Services are working to solve problems of hunger and malnutrition. Even with the humanitarian response, there still is not enough money to address the overwhelming need, said Bill Rastetter, CRS country representative for Niger. “We found families that couldn’t afford to eat more than once a day,” said Philippe Mougin, CAFOD’s senior emergency response officer for Africa. CAFOD, the aid agency of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, re-

ported that families started selling their livestock, jewelry or farming equipment in order to afford food months ago, which makes them vulnerable to future crisis. “Year after year we see people with less capacity to cope during the emergencies,” Mougin said, adding that the neighborhood solidarity that helped the poorest families to survive in the past has decreased because everybody needs help. Things could worsen in July and August, when most of the food stocks that have been at their lowest levels would be all but gone. As people wait for the September harvest, Rastetter said, even the aid from the international community could be exhausted, if more is not sent.

STRUGGLING TO RECOVER FROM FAILED HARVEST

Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of Catholic relief, development and social service agencies, has launched appeals to help Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. These countries have not yet recovered from the crisis in 2010 and last year’s failed harvest, Worms said. In Niger, a country particularly hit by water shortages, Caritas appealed for $5 million to help 400,000 people over the coming months. According to Worms, more is necessary to prevent the situation from deteriorating further. “A huge amount of money is needed to be able to provide food and seeds to those who need them,” he said. Worms stressed the need to act quickly. Late responses to food crises in 2005 and 2010 resulted in unnecessary deaths in the region. “We hope that the international community acts now instead of waiting as it has been the case for the last times,” he told Catholic News Service in a phone interview. The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace joined the Cana-

dian Conference of Catholic Bishops in a joint emergency appeal in response to the food crisis in the Sahel. In a letter to the bishops of Canada, Archbishop Richard Smith of Edmonton, Alberta, CCCB president, asked parishes to collect donations until mid-September. In response to this humanitarian crisis, aid organizations have implemented work programs, seed banks, and seed and food vouchers in countries like Niger, where more than 6 million people could be affected by the food shortage.

MANY FLEE MILITARY COUP

The region has been influenced by Mali’s March military coup, which displaced more than 300,000 people, many of whom have fled to neighboring Niger and Burkina Faso since rebel separatists took three towns in the North. “The areas under the rebels’ control are almost off limits to all humanitarian aid,” said Timothy Bishop, CRS country representative for Mali. He also urged the international community to help to retake the northern region, so the population can receive food and other services. As the situation in Mali remains uncertain, humanitarian agencies are trying to help the displaced, Bishop said. Other efforts in Mali and the rest of the region include providing food to children under 5 and those who are most vulnerable to the potential famine. Humanitarian organizations also maintain nutrition centers to treat children with acute malnutrition in the region. “Investing in preventing someone from falling into food insecurity only costs $1, but to treat the person costs $80,” Worms said, adding that he hopes people also donate money to prevent future crises. “It’s a good investment.” CONTRIBUTING TO THIS STORY WAS DEBORAH GYAPONG IN OTTAWA, ONTARIO.

CRS appealing for help for rural Filipinos made homeless by storm 5 months ago RICK DELVECCHIO CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Catholic Relief Services needs help funding temporary shelters for 1,500 Filipino families who lost their homes in Tropical Storm Washi, which struck Mindanao last Dec. 1617, CRS’ Philippines country representative Joe Curry told Catholic San Francisco. He said nearly 3,000 people displaced by the storm are still living in camps and in public buildings. CRS has played a major part in aid relief to storm victims and is the only aid organization providing temporary shelters, said Curry, who was in the Bay Area June 18. Catholics in the Archdiocese of San Francisco have been among the most generous contributors to the typhoon relief effort, he said. In the initial response, donations from the archdiocese were $51,000, out of $143,000 from the West Coast and $250,000 in total U.S. contributions. Mindanao is not typically in the path of

Pacific storms and was largely unprepared when Washi – known locally as Typhoon Sendong – struck in the middle of the night with 18 inches of rain. The storm killed at least 1,250 people and initially displaced 80,000 – 8,000 permanently. The cities of Cagayan de Oro and nearby Iligan were decimated, with neighborhoods swept away in a few hours, CRS said. Flooding destroyed 13,585 homes and partially damaged another 37,559. “With a disaster this size it can take a long time to move people into permanent houses – up to two years – but what do people do from now up until the time they have a permanent house?’ Curry asked. “We’re trying to bridge the gap with a transitional shelter, a low-cost housing unit.” CRS has built 850 units so far at a cost of $400 each and plans another 8,000.

A THIRD OF CHILDREN UNDERNOURISHED

CRS’ ongoing work in the Philippines focuses on Mindanao, the Philippines’ sec-

ond largest island. In an economy based on five-acre farms, those who do not own try to earn $3 or $4 a day as migrant laborers. The average grower earns $450 a year. “When you add up the cost of food, school fees and medical expenses, it’s a life of poverty and it’s a matter of getting by,” said Curry, who has been CRS’ country representative for two-and-a-half years. A third of Mindanao children have stunted growth because they are undernourished. Farmers’ income suffers from lack of access to credit and to markets. CRS is helping farmers organize to reach markets directly rather than through traders. The agency also is training growers to boost productivity on coffee, cocoa and rice crops. Civil unrest is another threat in Mindanao, and an outbreak of violence can cost growers valuable time. CRS is working on peace building efforts aimed at encouraging local governments to distribute resources more equitably.

Catholics in the Archdiocese of San Francisco have been among the most generous contributors to the typhoon relief effort, giving a quarter of total U.S. contributions. “We work a lot with the church, through diocesan priests, and we also work a lot with local nonprofits,” Curry said. “Part of the problem in Mindanao is that local governments are monopolized by people involved in the conflict and their interest in being transparent and sharing resources is not the same as those in the community. What we’re trying to do is bridge between our partners and these local governments and try to improve the quality of governance and make it more transparent.”

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Mary Jane Prequencia stands in front of her new home with her 6-month-old daughter Mary Maureen Prequencia. The baby was 4 weeks old when floods hit her family’s home in Mindarao, Philippines. “In the tent it was too hot for the baby by 7 in the morning. In the two days we’ve been here, she’s sleeping better,” Prequencia said.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JUNE 22, 2012

LETTERS

PAPER’S NEW LOOK: READER RESPONSES

Baptismal promise applies to all Re “Traditional sisters big hit with trendy teens”: Our church continues to “not get it” when it comes to women religious on so many levels. Reading this article, I kept thinking of the lay teachers at Marin Catholic who have been, for decades, living out the Gospel message with their students. They do not wear 1950s habits. But despite that perceived “drawback,” they have been and continue to be concrete examples of Jesus’ love and compassion to MC students. I would suggest that the MC administrators read the documents of Vatican II, specifically “Lumen Gentium,” which would free them from the necessity of hiring a religious order of sisters in order to “reinforce the school’s Catholic identity.” Why would they not simply expect their own lay faculty to fill that role? That is the frustrating part of this story – the failure to recognize that we are all, by virtue of our baptism, called to the same holiness and to the same responsibility of living out the good news – women and men religious, married couples, single people. There is a grace and an efficacy to each life path, whether lay or religious. All comments in the article sadly showed the stubborn misconception about these vocations. It is insulting to both - it is dismissive of the laity and confers inappropriate celebrity status on the nuns. I can easily believe these sisters are intelligent, faith-filled educators. They just aren’t the only ones. Our church needs to wake up in the 21st century by looking back to the early church, a church that prospered from inclusion, true community, and a mandate of Christian witness for all members. Evidently we are not teaching our young people that Christian witness is shared by each one of us and that is to be lamented, not encouraged. Mary Ahlbach San Francisco

Never appear partisan No doubt some will take your featuring the traditional sisters on the front and inside (June 8) paper as a slap at LCWR as they go to Rome for their admonishment. So we suggest that since all the OFM Franciscan provincials in the U.S. have published an open letter in support of LCWR you will publish photos of the thousands of OFMs in their traditional habits this week. Never appear partisan is the new mantra. Peace, Ed and Peg Gleason San Francisco EDITOR’S NOTE: THE ARTICLE “TRADITIONAL SISTERS BIG HIT WITH TRENDY TEENS” WAS PROPOSED BY THE WRITER LONG BEFORE THE NEWS BROKE OF THE VATICAN’S DOCTRINAL LETTER ON THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS. WE PLACED THE ARTICLE ON THE COVER ON THE MERITS OF IT AND THE ACCOMPANYING PHOTOS. CONCURRENT BUT UNRELATED, A PROMINENT ARTICLE ON THE LCWR’S BOARD RESPONSE TO THE VATICAN APPEARED IN THE JUNE 8 ISSUE, AND A THIRD, UNRELATED ARTICLE ON WOMEN RELIGIOUS WAS PROMOTED ON THE COVER AND PLACED ON THE TOP OF PAGE 18.

No surprise high-school sisters popular Re “Traditional nuns a big hit with Marin Catholic High School teens” (June 8): Really? Of course they are. These women of faith profess their belief by taking vows of chastity, poverty and obedience. These brides of Christ wear their floor-length habits – an outward sign that they have freely chosen – to demonstrate their love and obedience to the Catholic Church. Oppressed women in a “man’s church?” I dare say not.

Well educated, young, and lovely, they graciously serve as teachers. Teachers of what? Math? Yes. Science? Of course. Ultimately, what makes these women truly stand out is that their main vocation is the salvation of souls. Catholic feminism, social justice, environmental awareness take back stage as these sisters realize God first, everything else next. Dominican Sister Thomas Aquinas was quick to point out her surprise at the low attendance at Mass: “I’ve encountered students who don’t have a very religious background, so we have to start at ground zero.” Wow. What a stark contrast to certain members of Leadership Conference of Women Religious. Perhaps the LCWR should watch and take notes. Conceivably, the LCWR would be happier, fulfill their global and united obligation to support the official teachings of the Magisterium, and gain the respect and honor that their once-donned habit, worn long ago, demanded. Noelle Martinez South San Francisco

Soda bread recipe author revealed A recent article by George Raine (“Cookbook reminds survivors of fond memories, favorite recipes,” May 18) focused on a recipe in a cookbook published by Holy Cross Cemetery. Father Joseph Gordon, a retired priest, was quoted as saying that a recipe that he had been using through the years was extraordinary. The particular recipe was titled or called “May’s Irish Bread.” Father Gordon felt hands-down that it was “the best in the world” in relation to making Irish soda bread. His only uncertainty was in not knowing the author of the recipe. He didn’t know the May in the recipe’s title. I’d like to clear up the mystery. May was my mother, May York. She was born in San Francisco and lived her whole life in St Agnes Parish. She worked in the chancery office in San Francisco for 38 years until her death in 1988. She baked 40 loaves of bread each year for St Patrick’s Day and delivered them to an array of folks all over San Francisco including an annual delivery to the archbishop. Father Gordon was right when he said she was a talented woman: She was definitely that and then some. Eileen York Anderson Kenwood

We owe each other truth The president has ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to restrict religious liberty to worship in a church but deny freedom of conscience in church schools, hospitals and charities. The U.S. bishops’ “Fortnight for Freedom” initiative and the lawsuit by 43 Catholic organizations are courageous expressions of solemn civic duty and moral obligation. They are telling the president what Thomas More told Henry VIII in 1535: “I am God’s servant first.” As Archbishop Charles Chaput said in 2009, “We owe no leader cooperation in the pursuit of evil. Americans gave nobody a mandate to retool religion in public life. We owe each other truth.” The truth is some (not all) Catholic bishops, priests, religious and lay leaders have encouraged the president to restrict religious liberty. In 2010 most endorsed a 2,000-page womb-to-tomb health plan they never read. Many supported Notre Dame University honoring a president they knew supports partial birth abortion, and opposed legislation to save

BROTHER JOHN SAMAHA, SM, CUPERTINO: The redesign and new organization look great! You’ve hit a homer. Every blessing with the new approach! HELENE T. FRAKES, SAN FRANCISCO: I really like the new format. The content seems much more interesting, the color is good, and it’s much easier to read. I used to just throw it away, but now I’m going to make a point of reading it. KAREN HAWKINS, ST. PATRICK PARISH, LARKSPUR: Love the new look! Thank you. THOMAS NOTARO, SAN MATEO: It’s too bad your new look will not change the small-mindedness of many who contribute to the paper’s content. YOUR OPINION? Email redesign.csf@sfarchdcioese.org

infants that survive a failed abortion. Many were among 55 percent of Catholics that voted for the “pro-choice” presidential candidate in 2008. Catholic leaders who uncritically permit politicians to use social justice cliches to expand godless government in health care, education and charities, and who opposed reforms that helped 5 million to escape intergenerational welfare, as they did in 1996, are unwitting enablers in the restriction of religious liberty. Hope is a virtue, not a political slogan, Archbishop Chaput said in 2009. “Virtus” – the Latin root of virtue – means courage. Thankfully in 2012 the American bishops and leaders of 43 Catholic organizations have the courage to say “No you can’t.” Mike DeNunzio San Francisco

Question on legal fees In the San Francisco Chronicle of June 6, 2012, on Page A5 it was reported that the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has spent $11.6 million on legal fees in the last two years mostly on priest sex abuse cases. This amount does not include the recent case against Msgr. (William) Lynn. While our archdiocese has not had recently the problems of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia it would be informative for the faithful to know what our archdiocese has spent in the last 20 years in legal defense fees related to sexual abuse cases. Brian A. Kelly Pacifica EDITOR’S NOTE: JACK HAMMEL, LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE, RESPONDED, “I DO NOT MAINTAIN RUNNING CUMULATIVE TOTALS ON LEGAL FEES PAID BUT I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT IN THE LAST 20 YEARS WE HAVE INCURRED APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION IN LEGAL FEES – VIRTUALLY ALL OF WHICH HAS BEEN PAID BY OUR OUTSIDE INSURANCE CARRIERS.”

Church-state goodwill essential George Wesolek (“On religious liberty and a confused media,” June 8) makes the argument that the HHS mandate for what he considers to be “immoral services” in insurance programs offered by church-related services not solely provided to (or by) Catholics results in not being able to practice their faith. For most people, being exempt on moral or religious grounds from directly taking part in some action, like bearing arms or performing an abortion or eating forbidden foods or undergoing forbidden medical procedures, is quite different from insur-

ance premiums or taxes that fund a wide variety of social measures for others, including some measures one finds morally objectionable. Quakers may be exempt on religious grounds from fighting in combat; they are not exempt from paying the taxes that support the Defense Department. Jehovah’s Witnesses may be exempt from participating in the classroom Pledge of Allegiance; they are not exempt from paying school taxes. The bishops are blurring this line and are also pushing the claim to religious exemption from indirect support beyond that of religious organizations to that of any individual employer or employee with religious objections to contraceptive services. This opens many problems and undermines the USCCB’s original concern about the HHS definition of exempt and nonexempt religious organizations. In the end, the tension between the laws of the state and the demands of faith cannot be fully resolved. It can only be managed, which means that understanding and goodwill on both sides are essential. Jim McCrea Piedmont

More focus on Old Testament readings While listening to the liturgy last weekend it occurred to me that the new format of Catholic San Francisco could benefit from one more component. It would be a commentary on the first reading of each week’s liturgy. There are three strong reasons for doing so. First, there seems to be an unwritten rule that homilies do minimal if any comment on the Old Testament readings. Second, there must be some reason why the new liturgy, formulated after Vatican II, was designed to have this additional reading. And third because in the New Testament, Jesus is often quoted as “opening their minds to the Scriptures.” Since the Old Testament was the only Scripture then available, there must be good reason why Jesus felt it was important to open our minds in that direction. Recent Sunday readings form a good example of a continuous reading that is very important. At the beginning of any organized religion in the world there is said to be a great religious experience. Moses, and his people, had one of these experiences at the burning bush and again SEE LETTERS, PAGE 19

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Heroes of religious liberty span centuries JAMES BREIG

If asked to list heroes of American freedom, people might reflect on the Revolutionary era and name George Washington, Nathan Hale and Betsy Ross. If asked to name heroes of religious liberty, they might go blank. Religious liberty heroes are many and not limited to the 1700s, according to scholars at the University of Notre Dame. They cited St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, Catholics who were both martyred in 1535; Roger Williams, the Puritan founder of Rhode Island who was a 17th-century proponent of religious toleration; James Madison, an 18th-century Founding Father; and Father John Courtney Murray, a 20th-century Jesuit priest. Nor did they name only men. They also chose St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Katharine Drexel, as well as Mary Dyer, a 17th-century Quaker convert who was hanged by Boston’s Puritans for apostasy. “The pioneers of religious life in America for women – starting with (Sister) Seton – had an indirect impact by establishing new forms of life and new institutional ministries, and thus calling for fresh thinking about religious liberty,” said Gerard Bradley, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame. Richard W. Garnett, associate dean of Notre Dame Law School, nominated Dyer and said he would also “emphasize (Sisters) Seton and Drexel. After all, the great religious freedom fight in American history is the struggle by Catholics for Catholic schools.” St. Elizabeth Ann Seton opened the first free Catholic schools for the poor, and St. Katharine Drexel started the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament whose

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Saint Thomas More mission was to teach African-Americans and later American Indians. For preserving – and even defining – religious liberty for Americans, Bradley asserted that Madison had “as much to do as any other one person with the enactment of the First Amendment religion clauses (in the U.S. Constitution), so much the focal point of today’s debates about religious liberty.” Bradley added that “Madison described the basis of religious liberty in terms indistinguishable from the way it is described in ‘Dignitatis Humanae’ (‘The Dignity of Human Persons’),” the document on religious freedom issued by the Second Vatican Council in 1965. Madison wrote that “religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it can

be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence.” Garnett holds that Madison, a framer of the Constitution, “believed that a specifically American model of religious freedom was emerging” in our new nation and that it would distinguish us, shape us and strengthen us. He and other leaders among the founding generation appear to have been keenly aware that they were attempting something new and great, something that would change – indeed, remake – the world. “As we consider the state of religious freedom in America today,” Garnett said, “it cannot be emphasized enough that the protections provided in our constitutional text and tradition are not accidents, anomalies or anachronisms. In our traditions, religious freedom is cherished – and protected by the secular authorities – as a basic human right and non-negotiable aspect of human dignity.” As for a hero of religious freedom who worked to influence both society and the church, the scholars all pointed to Father Murray. Father John O’Malley, also a Jesuit and a professor at Georgetown University, underscored that Father Murray critiqued both secular and Catholic views of religious liberty. Though not a voting member of the Second Vatican Council, as an advisor to the bishops there, Father Murray was a significant influence. It was part of his long journey as a theologian. “(Father) Murray tried to elaborate a theory that allowed for the American situation, that is, that allowed ‘freedom of religious choice’ as compatible with Catholicism,” said O’Malley. While Father Murray was initially silenced by the Vatican, he won out in the end when “the basic

premises of his program were ratified in the council’s document on religious freedom, ‘Dignitatis Humanae.’” Bradley termed the Jesuit “very important to the American story about religious liberty. Father Murray, by around 1960, was a standard reference for everyone in American society on what Catholics in America thought about religious liberty. His writings are still studied today.” In Garnett’s view, “(Father) Murray insisted the American experiment should be seen as an attempt to secure religious liberty and authentic human flourishing through constitutional limits on interference by government with religion, and constitutional protection of the profession and practice of faith.” In “Dignitatis Humanae,” Vatican II declared that “the human person has a right to religious freedom. This freedom means that all men are to be immune from coercion on the part of individuals or of social groups and of any human power, in such ways that no one is to be forced to act in a manner contrary to his own beliefs, whether privately or publicly, whether alone or in association with others.” Saying so, the council validated the lives, examples and work of More, Fisher, Williams, Madison, Seton, Drexel, Dyer and Murray. BREIG, retired editor of The Evangelist, newspaper of the Diocese of Albany, is the author of a new book, “Searching for Sgt. Bailey: Saluting an Ordinary Soldier of World War II” (Baltimore: Park Chase Press). EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF FOUR ARTICLES ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY PRODUCED BY THE MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE OF THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS. FUTURE INSTALLMENTS WILL APPEAR ON THIS PAGE ON JULY 13 AND JULY 27.

Declaration signers paid heavy price for freedom

ave you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? They were not wild-eyed radicals. They were dedicated men of means and education. Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and BROTHER JOHN burned. Two M. SAMAHA, SM lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.

They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKean was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers looted the

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throughout the Exodus period. Moses summarizes this to his people in one sentence: “Did any one ever before experience the power of God and live?” The Israelites experienced this power directly, and Moses helped them recognize it. In the June 10 reading the

people responded that they agreed, saying, “All that the Lord has said we will heed and do.” Then Moses concludes, making a covenant that is the long term agreement between God’s people and God. These two readings, form the basis of what theologians call a revelation, which has been handed to us in the combination of Scripture and tradition.

properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr. noted that the British general Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. Nelson quietly urged Gen. George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. The signers of the Declaration of Independence valued freedom and

God’s will more than their properties and more than they valued their own lives. Standing tall and unwavering, they pledged for the support of this declaration, a firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence of almighty God. These are the persons who laid the foundations of our nation. Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn’t. So, take a few minutes while enjoying your Fourth of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It’s not much to ask for the price they paid. Remember: Freedom is never free. It’s time we get the word out that patriotism is not a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics and baseball games. God bless America.

Should our minds not be opened just a bit in these directions? CSF has the opportunity to contribute to the Catholic culture by including just this one more commentary series. Why not give it a try? Alex M. Saunders, MD San Carlos

nuns have ripped apart my support and belief in the Vatican and with great sadness made me question my life as a Catholic and need to reflect on my choices. I fear the Vatican is out of touch, lacking true understanding and compassion for life outside the clergy. I only hope this pope moves aside for someone who understands humanity. Unfortunately this will not happen and it will tear apart the church. Mary Ellen Tong Oakland

Sadness and reflection I am a practicing Catholic who studied in Catholic schools from kindergarten through college at USF. The recent Vatican orders to Catholic

MARIANIST BROTHER SAMAHA lives in Cupertino.

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Feeling ‘Facebooked?’ This is the summer of disillusionment

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he nation is growing increasingly disillusioned. This is a good thing. Consider the evidence why this is so: After four years of bailouts and bloated bonuses, banks blew the behavior opportunity. When the long-awaited initial public offering of social networking site Facebook came to market, enthusiasm was high. It was the next sure thing. The first day was wracked by confused trades. STEPHEN KENT Then it came to light: The bank that was the lead underwriter for the offering provided negative analysis reports to selected customers before the stock opened for trading. The result gave birth to a new verb for disillusionment: “getting Facebooked.” Another bank, whose executives vehemently opposed any further regulation after the financial crisis, admitted to a $2 billion loss in trading complex financial instruments, risky financial bets that could further threaten the economy. That bank’s chief executive officer called the situation “an embarrassment and a black mark.” Disillusionment again, as this gave evidence that financial institutions have yet to learn the lessons of the financial collapse of 2008. But that’s not all. There was Walter Cronkite. Yes, the veteran CBS anchorman, once known as the “most trusted man in America.” A recently published biography suggests that Uncle Walter was not the model of probity portrayed in his heyday. It says he once bugged a committee room at a Republican National Convention, was involved in more than one case of misleading editing of interviews and sought and accepted free junkets from an airline. Disillusionment delayed is still disillusionment. If you can’t trust the most trusted man, what’s to be said? Not even the Vatican is exempt from this spring of disillusionment. Although this ranks pretty low on two millennia of intrigue within the Vatican, it’s facing “the butler did it” case of purloined papers and the firing of the president of the Vatican bank. Disillusionment is the freeing from false but pleasant beliefs, from false or misleading impressions of reality. Those who conduct the temporal affairs at the Vatican are not saints. We live in a climate of illusion: The lottery with its illusion of instant untold wealth. The consumer economy, built upon the selling of illusion, is producing false and misleading impressions of reality about what brings happiness and fulfillment. Yes, becoming disillusioned is good indeed. The more we are disillusioned from misleading impressions of reality, the more open we are to accept true reality. Placing hope in the next election guarantees disillusion. Putting hope where it belongs, in a faith that believes in a loving God, redemption and salvation, is the next sure thing. Why? The Bible tells us so. It’s far better to be faith-booked than Facebooked. And that’s the way it is.

The more we are disillusioned, the more open we are to accept reality.

KENT, now retired, was editor of archdiocesan newspapers in Omaha and Seattle. Email onsidersk@ gmail.com. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Do church trends point to a North American pope? SANDRO MAGISTER

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he Catholic Church is like Fiat-Chrysler. Slumping in Italy and Europe, it is coming back strong in the U.S. and has its most promising market in the rest of the world. The trend offers a clue about who the next pope will be. The nation with the most Catholics today is Brazil, with 134 million – more than Italy, France and Spain put together. Catholicism there has successfully confronted fierce competition, which in recent decades inflicted serious damage on it. Because when liberation theology was in fashion among the neo-Marxist Catholic elite, the faithful did not convert en masse to their message. They went over by the millions to the new Pentecostal churches, with their festive celebrations, music, singing, healings, speaking in tongues. But now this exodus has stopped. In the Catholic Church as well, the faithful are finding the warmth of participation and firmness of doctrine that three and four centuries ago brought success to the the Jesuit missions among the Indians. Next year, World Youth Day will be in Brazil, and Pope Benedict XVI has promised that he will be there. Then there are the Asian tigers. In South Korea the number of Catholics is rising at an astonishing rate, with tens of thousands of adults baptized each year. They were the soul of the popular movement that peacefully overthrew the military dictatorship. And they are an active part of the productive classes that produced the Korean economic miracle. In the capital, Seoul, they are now 15 percent of the population, when only half a century ago they didn’t even exist. The Korean Catholic Church has set itself the goal of converting 20 percent of the population by 2020: “Evangelization Twenty Twenty” is the title of the program. In Asia, the Philippines is the only nation

in which Catholics are in the majority, with 76 million faithful. But beyond Korea, Catholicism is on the rise in various other countries, even where it is most persecuted, as in China. In sub-Saharan Africa over the past century, Catholics have gone from less than two million to 130 million, with a missionary impetus unprecedented in the 2,000-year life of the church. What is most surprising about this expansion is that it originated in Europe precisely when the church there was gasping under the pressure of a culture and of powers hostile to Christianity. But the surprises don’t stop there. In the U.S. the Catholic Church has stood up better than the historical Protestant churches to the advance of secularization precisely where it has refused to align itself with the dominant cultures and ways of life. And today it appears much more active in the public arena, not only because of the new “affirmative” bishops who are leading it, but also because of the presence among its faithful of increasingly more numerous ranks of immigrants from Latin America. For Benedict XVI, the U.S. church is the proof that the extinguishing of the faith is not the inevitable fate of the West. In short, the metamorphosis under way in Catholicism worldwide is such that, if one wished to do a classroom exercise, the candidate for pope who most corresponds to it today is without a doubt Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, 68. The former archbishop of Quebec – one of the most secularized regions of the planet – is bilingual, a talented theologian of the Ratzingerian school, and now the prefect of the Vatican congregation that selects new bishops. Above all he was for many years a missionary in Latin America. MAGISTER is a journalist and author in Rome. This commentary was published in Rome’s L’Espresso and republished on Magister’s website http://chiesa. espresso.repubblica.it.

‘Grunt padre’: Vietnam priest hero’s canonization cause

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he sounds of Operation Swift left an indelible mark on the Marines who survived that day – one of the bloodiest in the Vietnam war. It began when 200 U.S. Marines were surrounded and ambushed by 2,500 North Vietnamese Army soldiers. It was nearly impossible to tell where enemy fire was coming from. One soldier likened the disorienting noise of the weapons being unleashed on them from all sides to Niagara Falls. It was a relentless rain of bullets and mortar attacks. To add to the chaos, over half the Marines’ M-16s CHRISTOPHER failed that day. Father VinSTEFANICK cent Capodanno, affectionately called “the grunt padre” by his Marines because he was always with them in the worst of conditions, ran into that rain of death to minister to them. He always did. It wasn’t enough for Father Capodanno to celebrate Mass for Marines in the safety of the barracks. He wanted to bring Christ to them wherever they were. “He was told several times that it was not his job to go on patrols ... yet you had to watch him like a hawk as it was not uncommon to see a group of Marines running to get on a helicopter to go to a battle and all of a sudden this figure comes out of nowhere, no rifle, just his priest gear, and jumping in the helicopter before anybody could catch him,” recalled 1st Lt. R.J. Marnell. Capt. Lewis Dale will never forget seeing two Marines walking on the dykes to their base in the evening, being fired on by snipers. When he saw who it was he asked the obvious, “What are you doing?!” Father Capodanno’s reply was simple: “I need to be with the men. I need to say Mass with them.” Given this track record, it probably came as no surprise to his Marines when they saw the priest on the battlefield of Operation Swift. In addition to bringing the sacraments, Father Capodanno saved several lives that day. Among them was Steven Lovejoy, a rifleman and radio operator. Under heavy enemy fire, “he literally

grabbed me by my pack straps and threw me into a bomb crater!” Lovejoy said. “When we came under gas attack, I offered Father Capodanno my gas mask but he said, ‘No, you need it more than I do.’ He had a very calm look about him, which gave me a sense that I would survive. Had Father Capodanno not been there I would have surely perished since everyone else nearby was either wounded or killed in action. Had I not survived, my two children and three grandsons would not be here today.” The priest’s heroic actions were infused with a supernatural calm that he brought to everyone he encountered. Cpl. Ray Harton had been hit with shrapnel and was lying alone, terrified and convinced that he was going to die. When the priest knelt at his side the deafening noise of the battlefield instantly fell silent. All he heard was Father Capodanno’s voice: “God is with us all this day. Someone will be here soon to help you.” Harton made it out that day. Father Capodanno sustained one injury after another on the battlefield but he continued his mission without regard for his own life. His right hand shattered by a bullet, and later his right arm left in shreds by a mortar attack, he refused numerous offers for a medivac. Instead he continued his rounds on the battlefield, using his left arm to move his right as he gave last rites to dying Marines. Father Capodanno was among the 127 U.S. Marines who gave their lives that day. He was cut down by a burst of machine gun fire as he ran to minister to a medic who had been shot. Father Capodanno posthumously received the Medal of Honor, along with several other medals. The USS Capodanno was named after him. He has been declared “servant of God,” the first step in the cause for canonization. No doubt, countless others who have risen to heroic charity in the chaos of war would be worthy of the same honors, though for many of them, their heroism is only recorded on the other side of eternity. Father Capodanno’s name is listed with 58,272 others on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The only way to see it is to kneel. STEFANICK is director of youth outreach for YDisciple. Website RealLifeCatholic.com. His column is distributed by the Denver Catholic Register.

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Dad regrets not teaching son how to use power

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hat do I want from my three kids for Father’s Day? Forgiveness, mostly. No, there were no beatings, no abandonment, no drunken tirades, no frontpage scandal or neighborhood embarrassment that marked them as the kids of that dad. The forgiveness I seek this year, and will probably keep seeking, despite their “Give it up, we’re fine, dad!” protestations, is for something less momentous, but still as consequential in my mind: My arrogant refusal to see that ROB GRANT my real role as parent was to prepare my kids to be autonomous human beings, not miniature versions of me. I’m betting that it wasn’t until I was closer to my 40s, and my kids were in their early and later teens, that I fully saw them for the amazing creatures they were and not as actors in my personally projected screenplay. Had I seen my son Jonathan not as the prototypical next-generation flower child who would grow up to be the kind of peace-loving man who would

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never think of returning blow for blow, but as the sweet, small-framed poetic kid who was all too likely to become lunchmeat in the schoolyard jungle, I might have taught him how to fend off – or, if needed, plant – a good right hook. Instead, I insisted that “this is where it starts – if we can make playgrounds peaceful, we can make the world peaceful.” How naive could I have been, to assume that middle schoolers could have the same capacity for reasoned thought as adult negotiators at a peace arbitration. It’s not so much that I failed to teach him how to fight; it was that I didn’t teach him that he had power, that he had agency, within himself. He didn’t really need his fists; he just needed to recognize, own and exercise his personal authority, and the respect would come. Had I taught him to rely on his own inner strength, he may not have felt the need in high school to get involved with a gang of truly dangerous types, eventually getting himself into trouble with the law. Perhaps he wouldn’t have had to endure the painful early 20s that followed – drugs, deception, denial, misery, nearly disastrous run-ins with dealers and users. Somehow, by the grace of God and the love of a woman – his now-wife Erica, whom he met in rehab – he turned around to where he finally realized that he needn’t prove to anyone that he was tough.

He just had to be himself and recognize in himself that he is strong and completely lovable. How I wish I could have seen and responded to his actual experience as a vulnerable young boy and helped him see so much earlier that even through his fragility, he did have power within himself. So, this year, Jonathan and my two other complex kids will again offer me what I most want, the best present I could ever get. Having come to realize their own power as adults, they will tell me that I did the best I could. They will show up as the authentic, beautifully flawed beings they are, and will invite me to do the same. They’ll remind me of what I learned in a simple way as a child from Sister Mary Magdalene, and later in a more sophisticated way from my theology professors at seminary: that love is not the reward given to perfect people but rather the elemental force that drives all creation. It is the force so dynamically shown to us in the Incarnation, and the force that makes it possible to offer and receive, on Father’s Day or any other, the most priceless of gifts: acceptance and forgiveness. GRANT is a 30-year veteran of pastoral ministry in the San Francisco archdiocese and is cantor and accompanist at St. Gabriel and Notre Dame des Victoires parishes, San Francisco.

Unity, liberty and charity in a wounded church

he richness of the ritual, the lovely music, a challenging homily and the enthusiastic prayerfulness of the assembly were wonderful experiences of Catholic Christian community. The recent installation of Archbishop William E. Lori, as the chief shepherd of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, was for me a taste of Catholic unity – but only a fleeting taste. In sad contrast, there is so much hurt, alienation, distrust, pride, anger and apathy among so many Catholics. TONY MAGLIANO I felt an even stronger sense of our wounded Catholic community, after receiving numerous responses from a recent column I wrote highlighting the need of our suffering world for a prophetic Catholic Church. Numerous readers expressed strong sentiments that certain bishops had failed to protect children from a small minority of sexually abusive clerics, and they indicated their sense that most of the hierarchy often displays an insensitive use of its power. Therefore, they wrote that the Catholic Church is in no position to be prophetic.

Well, yes and no. We imperfect human beings are called by the Perfect to become saints. It’s an ongoing process of conversion. However, in all of our weaknesses, we must do our best to speak and act as the Lord’s disciples on behalf of our hurting world. But the holier we become, the more effective our witness will be. An essential aspect of holiness is a willingness to show genuine respect to everyone – regardless of status. The bishops, as successors of the Twelve Apostles, deserve our respect. We need to seriously consider their insights as we strive to form our consciences in harmony with the Gospel. For their part, the bishops have an equal duty to respect the laity. Vatican II clearly teaches that through baptism and confirmation, the Lord himself has given the laity an essential share in the saving mission of the church. But it is important to realize that there are certain things the bishops simply cannot do, and are, therefore, not being disrespectful toward the desires of some among the laity. Consider gay and lesbian “marriage.” It may be politically correct, but it’s not morally correct. Sacred Scripture, sacred tradition and natural law strongly teach that homosexual activity is not part of God’s plan.

But what the bishops can do far better – and this applies to the laity as well – is to prophetically and tirelessly address, in the words of Pope Paul VI, the sufferings of people struggling “to overcome everything which condemns them to remain on the margin of life: famine, chronic disease, illiteracy, poverty, injustices in international relations and especially in commercial exchanges, situations of economic and cultural neocolonialism sometimes as cruel as the old political colonialism. “The church … has the duty to proclaim the liberation of millions of human beings … the duty of assisting the birth of this liberation, of giving witness to it, of ensuring that it is complete” (“On Evangelization in the Modern World,” No. 30). But this essential duty will not be fulfilled as long as so much disrespect and unkindness remains unhealed in the church. In the midst of our hurts, disagreements and confusion, we would be wise to consider these words of good Blessed Pope John XXIII: “ … The common saying, expressed in various ways and attributed to various authors, must be recalled with approval: in essentials, unity; in doubtful matters, liberty; in all things, charity.” MAGLIANO is an internationally syndicated social justice and peace columnist.

Making churches more welcoming for the disabled

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mazing Gifts” is a great title for a book by Mark L. Pinsky that carries the subtitle: “Stories of Faith, Disability and Inclusion.” Ginny Thornburgh sent me a copy. She is the wife of former Pennsylvania Gov. and U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, whose first wife, also named Ginny, was killed at age 26 in an automobile accident that left a 4-month-old son Peter with disabling brain injuries. When the second Ginny Thornburgh married Dick several years later, she adopted Peter and his two FATHER WILLIAM older brothers and began a J. BYRON, SJ second career of promoting and protecting the rights of the disabled. A special interest of hers, beyond promotion and protection of the interests of the disabled, is inclusion of the disabled in faith communities and religious services of all denominations. In her foreword to “Amazing Gifts,” Ginny Thornburgh writes: “More than 50 million Ameri-

cans live with physical, sensory, psychiatric, and intellectual disability. But when one is at worship and looks around, there appear to be few people present who have disabilities.” Of course not all disabilities are noticeable and some are surely present there. But this book tells the stories of 64 disabled people, their families and, most important, their congregations. It makes a collective case for the removal of barriers of architecture and communication, arguing that “congregational disability work is about justice, not about pity” and shows that “enormous gifts and talents will come to congregations, no matter what the faith, once people with disabilities are included, enjoyed and encouraged to be active and full participants.” Reading this book is like mixing randomly at a crowded reception, meeting interesting people and making new friends. As you move through these pages, you will hear many stories that have a common theme – inclusion of persons with disabilities in the life of faith communities all across the country. Pastors and seminarians should read this book simply to sharpen their vision and thus see, perhaps for the first time, a special group of people who might want to be in the pews, if invited.

Pastors and seminarians can heighten their awareness of the services that are waiting to be offered to people who surely are special to God, if only God’s ministers are resourceful enough to reach out to them. Reaching out for Father Joe Metzger of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Norfolk, Va., meant getting fully vested and walking an 11-year-old autistic child through an empty sanctuary so that she would feel comfortable when she received her first Communion with other children a few days later. At St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Exton, Pa., adult members with Down syndrome serve as greeters, altar servers and Sunday morning ushers. Inclusion for them means inspiration to others. Jacob Artson, a young Southern Californian with autism, suggests in these pages that any congregant can turn to any other and simply ask: “What is it we can do to make it easier for you and your family to worship with us?” Just ask that question and the disabled will be there. JESUIT FATHER BYRON is university professor of business and society at St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia. Email wbyron@sju.edu. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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SUNDAY READINGS

Nativity of St. John the Baptist He asked for a tablet and wrote, “John is his name,” and all were amazed. LUKE 1:57-66,80 ISAIAH 49:1-6 Hear me, O coastlands, listen, O distant peoples. The Lord called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. He made of me a sharpedged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me. You are my servant, he said to me, Israel, through whom I show my glory. Though I thought I had toiled in vain, and for nothing, uselessly, spent my strength, yet my reward is with the Lord, my recompense is with my God. For now the Lord has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, that Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to him; and I am made glorious in the sight of the Lord, and my God is now my strength! It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth. PSALM 139:1B-3, 13-14AB, 14C-15 I praise you, for I am wonderfully made. O Lord, you have probed me, you know me: you know when I sit and when I stand; you understand my thoughts from afar. My journeys and

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my rest you scrutinize, with all my ways you are familiar. I praise you, for I am wonderfully made. Truly you have formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb. I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made; wonderful are your works. I praise you, for I am wonderfully made. My soul also you knew full well; nor was my frame unknown to you. When I was made in secret, when I was fashioned in the depths of the earth. I praise you, for I am wonderfully made. ACTS 13:22-26 In those days, Paul said: “God raised up David as king; of him God testified, I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will carry out my every wish. From this man’s descendants God, according to his promise, has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus. John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel; and as John was completing his course, he would say, ‘What do you suppose that I am’ I am not he. Behold, one is coming after me; I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.” “My brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and

those others among you who are God-fearing, to us this word of salvation has been sent.” LUKE 1:57-66, 80 When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her. When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after his father, but his mother said in reply, “No. He will be called John.” But they answered her, “There is no one among your relatives who has this name.” So they made signs, asking his father what he wished him to be called. He asked for a tablet and wrote, “John is his name,” and all were amazed. Immediately his mouth was opened, his tongue freed, and he spoke blessing God. Then fear came upon all their neighbors, and all these matters were discussed throughout the hill country of Judea. All who heard these things took them to heart, saying, “What, then, will this child be?” For surely the hand of the Lord was with him. The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the desert until the day of his manifestation to Israel.

Gardener’s wisdom: Prepare well, and then get out of the way

’m an absolutely horrible gardener. In an attempt to keep my yard looking halfway decent over the years, I’ve put in lawns, planted countless flowers, trimmed a whole bunch of hedges. The results have always been rather abysmal. A while back, I discovered the beauty of rocks and tanbark, which even I can’t kill, though I still occasionally try to make a go of it with living plants. One thing I’ve learned from my various failures, however, is the value of preparation when getting ready to put in a garden. There are all sorts of things one must take into account. Is there enough sun? Is there sufficient drainage? DEACON MICHAEL Has the area been cleared of weeds and rocks? Has the MURPHY soil been mixed with compost, fertilizer, and whatever else might be necessary to sustain healthy plant life? The list is endless and very time-consuming, yet it’s crucial to consider

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these things to grow a garden that will flourish in the months and years to come. Preparation, of course, is key not only when gardening, but in many other areas as well. Professional athletes prepare through practice and exercise. Parents prepare their children to be happy, caring human beings by loving them unconditionally. Priests and deacons, hopefully, prepare their homilies through study and prayer! In our Gospel this week, we celebrate the Nativity of John the Baptist, the man who came to prepare the way for Jesus. Preparation, key to success in so many different areas, was just as critical when God made ready to enter our world. In the same way a flower bed must be prepared before planting, so the world had to be prepared for the coming of our Lord. It was John who took on this vital task, preaching a baptism of repentance while announcing that the “kingdom of heaven was at hand.” Later, John helped people recognize and turn to Jesus when he clearly and unequivocally identified him as the Messiah. Without John’s ministry of preparation, Jesus would probably have had a much tougher time of it! Two thousand years later, we look to John the Baptist because it’s now our turn to help prepare the way of the Lord. Even today, it’s often very challeng-

ing for people to accept Jesus, to feel he’s relevant; especially if their worlds are full of darkness, anger, or hopelessness. Despair can easily take over as people seek solace in the transitory and temporary. Before they look to Jesus, where true joy and satisfaction can be found, they need someone to show them the possibilities that he can bring into their lives and into their world. That’s where we come in! Unlike John, though, we don’t need to preach in the desert to get people’s attention and make a difference. Instead, we can bring people to Jesus by giving ourselves to them with love, compassion, and mercy. We can bring people to Jesus by reaching out to those who are in need, by comforting those who are in pain, by welcoming those who feel alone and alienated. We can bring people to Jesus by living joyfully and forgiving extravagantly. When we help people understand that there is indeed light and hope and goodness in the world, that the possibilities of redemption and salvation are real and all around them, only then will they be ready to lower their defenses and welcome Jesus into their lives. Of course, having thus prepared the way, we need only step out of the way, and God will do the rest! If only gardening was so simple! DEACON MURPHY serves at St. Charles Parish, San Carlos.

Liturgical calendar, daily Mass readings MONDAY, JUNE 25: Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18. Ps 60:3, 4-5, 12-13. Mt 7:1-5. TUESDAY, JUNE 26: Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36. Ps 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 10-11. Mt 7:6, 12-14. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27: Optional Memorial St. Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor of the church. Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. 2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3. Ps 119:33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40. Mt 7:15-20. THURSDAY, JUNE 28: Memorial of St. Irenaeus, bishop and martyr. 2 Kgs 24:8-17. Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9. Mt 7:21-29. FRIDAY, JUNE 29: Solemnity of St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles – Vigil Mass. Acts 3:1-10. Ps 19:2-3, 4-5. Gal 1:11-20. Jn 21:15-19.

SATURDAY, JUNE 30: Optional Memorial The First Martyrs of Holy Roman Church, BVM. Saturday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. Lam 2:2, 10-14, 1819. Ps 74:1b-2, 3-5, 6-7, 20-21. Mt 8:5-17.

Zaccaria, priest. Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Am 7:10-17. Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11. Mt 9:1-8.

SUNDAY, JULY 1: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24. Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13. 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15. Mk 5:21-43.

FRIDAY, JULY 6: Optional Memorial St. Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr. Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Am 8:4-6, 9-12. Ps 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131. Mt 9:9-13.

MONDAY, JULY 2: Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Am 2:6-10, 13-16. Ps 50:16bc-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23. Mt 8:18-22.

SATURDAY, JULY 7: Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Am 9:11-15. Ps 85:9ab and 10, 1112, 13-14. Mt 9:14-17.

TUESDAY, JULY 3: Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle. Eph 2:19-22. Ps 117:1bc, 2. Jn 20:24-29.

SUNDAY, JULY 8: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Ez 2:2-5. Ps 123:1-2, 2, 3-4. 2 Cor 12:7-10. Mk 6:1-6.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4: Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Am 5:14-15, 21-24. Ps 50:7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 16bc-17. Mt 8:28-34. THURSDAY, JULY 5: Optional Memorial St. Anthony

MONDAY, JULY 9: Optional Memorial St. Augustine Zhao Rong, priest and companions, martyrs. Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time. Hos 2:16, 17c-18, 21-22. Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9. Mt 9:18-26.

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Catholics and Bible reading

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I have been a practicing Catholic for my whole life, nearly 50 years now. Not too long ago, while seeking to renew my faith during Lent, I felt God very close to me, speaking to me and accepting me. Now I am trying my best to be an even more devoted Catholic. Meanwhile, though, my brother has been trying to convince me that I need to find a faith that ingests the holy Bible – such as his own Christian (non-Catholic) denomination. Although I would never leave my Catholic faith, I do question why we don’t focus on the entire Bible. Our readings at Mass seem to be the same throughout FATHER the year. Is there something KENNETH DOYLE that I’m missing? (Charlottesville, Va.) Catholics do, in fact, value the entire Bible – both the 46 books of the Hebrew Scriptures, which reflect the religious context into which Christianity was born and still exists, and the 27 books of the New Testament, which detail the life and teachings of Jesus and the history of the early church. Your question may stem from the fact that certain parts of the Scriptures – from both the Old and New Testaments – are selected by the church as readings at the Sunday Mass. Those passages are rotated over a 3-year cycle, so quite a bit of the Bible is read and heard by Catholics who faithfully attend Mass – though obviously not every verse of all 73 books. In addition, Catholics are encouraged to read the Bible privately and to use it as part of their daily prayer. Rare these days is the Catholic

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parish that does not have a Bible study course or neighborhood Bible discussion groups. In fairness to your brother, though, it is only relatively recently in history that the Catholic Church has come to this point of view. For centuries almost no one read the Bible; manuscripts were rare, and biblical stories were passed on by oral tradition. The invention of the printing press changed that, and the Bible became the most common book in print. Not long after came the Protestant Reformation, with its rejection of papal authority and encouragement of private reading and interpretation of the Scriptures. Bible reading became the hallmark of Protestantism. It was only in 1943, with Pope Pius XII’s encyclical “Divino Afflante Spiritu,” that Catholics were urged to read and reflect on the Scriptures. For most Catholics, scriptural understanding took a quantum leap forward in the 1960s when the Mass began to be celebrated in the vernacular. The Bible is a complex compendium of literary genres, including history, prophecy, poetry, instructional letters, to name just a few. The Catholic Church has traditionally seen itself as the guardian and authentic interpreter of Scripture. The establishment by Christ of the church preceded any of the New Testament writings, and the church’s guidance has always been helpful in viewing scriptural passages both in their original context and as applied in our day. But that should not deter any Catholic from reading privately as much of the Bible as often as possible. Send questions to Father Kenneth Doyle at askfatherdoyle@gmail.com and 40 Hopewell St., Albany, N.Y. 12208. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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Celebrate the imperfect, reap the 100-fold reward

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friend of mine jokingly says that when she dies she wants this epitaph on her gravestone: There was always something! And there always is! All of us appreciate her frustration. Invariably, there’s always something, big or small, that casts a shadow and somehow keeps us from fully entering the present moment and appreciating its richness. There is always some anxiety, some worry about something that we should have done or should be doing, some unpaid bill, some concern about what we need to face tomorrow, some FATHER RON lingering heartache, some conROLHEISER cern about our health or the health of another, some hurt that is still burning, or some longing for someone who is absent that mitigates our joy. There’s always something, some loss, some hurt, some anxiety, some bitterness, some jealousy, some obsession, or some headache, that is forever draining the present moment of its joy. Henri Nouwen once gave a very simple, poignant expression to this: “Our life,” he writes. “is a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment. There is a quality of sadness that pervades all the moments of our life. It seems that there is no such thing as a clear-cut pure joy, but that even in the most happy moments of our existence we sense a tinge of sadness. In every satisfaction, there is an awareness

of limitations. In every success, there is the fear of jealousy. Behind every smile, there is a tear. In every embrace, there is loneliness. In every friendship, there is distance. And in all forms of light, there is the knowledge of surrounding darkness.” There’s always something! Jesus had his own way of expressing this. There is an incident recorded in the Gospels wherein Peter approaches Jesus and asks him what reward a disciple will receive for following him. Jesus replies that anyone who gives up father, mother, spouse, children, house, or land in order to be his disciple will receive these back (mothers, spouses, children, houses, lands) 100 times over. But then he adds a rather unwelcome clause: “though not without tribulation.” There will always be something – some stress, some jealousy, some persecution – which can wipe out both the recognition and the enjoyment of the hundred-fold. In effect, what Jesus is saying is that we can have everything – and enjoy nothing! In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus specifies what that something often is, namely, jealousy. We can have everything and enjoy nothing because we are jealous of what other people have. How true. How often do we denigrate our own lives and talents, failing to see and savor their richness, because we would like to be someone else, someone rich and famous, someone set apart. Our lives are rich, but we are not content within them because we would want what someone else has. There is a rich literature today, both within religious and secular circles, that tries to challenge us to not let our anxieties, heartaches, jealousies, and worries block us from entering fully into the present moment.

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Birth control mentality’s ill effects REVIEWED BY BRIAN WELTER CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

“ADAM AND EVE AFTER THE PILL: PARADOXES OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION” by Mary Eberstadt. Ignatius Press (San Francisco, 2012). 171 pp., $19.95. Frequent First Things contributor Mary Eberstadt examines the sexual revolution’s negative fallout in “Adam and Eve After the Pill.” She shows how the predictions of “Humanae Vitae” (On Human Life) have come true in full force. Even non-Catholic and anti-church thinkers such as researcher Lionel Tiger note again and again how the sexual revolution, at the center of which is the pill, has led to “unique problems.” She notes the main points of that much-criticized 1968 encyclical, and their prescience for today. “Humanae Vitae” “warned of four resulting trends: a general lowering of moral standards throughout society; a rise in infidelity; a lessoning of respect for women by men; and the coercive use of reproductive technologies by governments.” These trends have harmed men, women, young adults and children, the author shows, before she moves on to discussing the changed moral landscape wrought by the sexual turmoil. This more intellectual side to the revolution’s poison offers the best reading, as we come away with a better understanding of mainstream thinking, and how to offer a Catholic counterargument. Eberstadt clearly explains that, in step with the sexual revolution, Western society has flip-flopped its morals. Sexuality and food, for instance, have changed roles. Nowadays people have the same moral rigidity about food that 60 years ago they held about sex. This includes the belief that other people should also hold the same views. Yet, judging another’s sexuality or sexual practices nowadays is offputting to most, considered puritanical and old-fashioned. Smoking and pornography have also flip-flopped, where people are resigned to the bad habit of the day (smoking in the 1950s and pornography today) and don’t see a way out. Yet the author notes that decades of struggle against Big Tobacco, though highly irritating to some, was well worth it, as most people would agree. An identical fight could be undertaken now against Big Porn. Eberstadt sees the same basic “harm-minimizing synergy” between producer and consumer in each battle: 1950s smokers didn’t want to hear that their habit was killing them, and the tobacco companies didn’t want to tell them. Similarly today, porn users might know they are hurting themselves and their loved ones, but they turn a deaf ear to such advice. Eberstadt concludes that the research clearly shows how “private actions, notably post-revolution sexual habits,” have “massive public consequences”, contrary to main-

stream claims that what happens in the bedroom is no one’s business. The social science backing up the sexual revolution is as bad as the ethics. Tradition, particularly Catholic tradition, has much better things to teach about sexuality than Marxist university professors. Eberstadt quotes researcher Matthew Connelly: “The great tragedy of population control, the fatal misconception, was to think that one could know other people’s interests better than they knew it themselves. ... The essence of population control ... was to make rules for other people without having to answer to them. It appealed to people with power because, with the spread of emancipatory movements, it began to appear easier and more profitable to control populations than to control territory.” Cultural Marxism, in two words. The church finds itself battling the same people today as 30 years ago in Poland and Slovakia. Unlike many current Christian writers concerned about marriage and sexuality, Eberstadt does not adopt a shaming stance toward men. She does nevertheless note the much-reduced engagement of men in family and the public arena. For instance, more and more marriages are sexless as men turn toward pornography. The author notes that as feminism and its close partner, the sexual revolution, have taken over more and more, women have become less and less happy and men more and more withdrawn. Yet mainstream media and academia avoid blaming feminism and the pill. The author finds this curious, given the mountains of evidence to support the claims of “Humanae Vitae” about the toxic results of changed sexual mores. Just as she sees the switch in ethical thinking between food and sex, and between pornography and smoking, so she links reflections on the Cold War with judgments on the sexual revolution. Academics and other leading thinkers in the West, mostly Marxist, remained in denial until 1989 about the evils of communism, even when confronted with the evidence. People today are in denial about the sexual revolution even when faced with the facts. Yet the author doesn’t give up, and encourages us to address society with the truth of “Humanae Vitae” and faithful Catholic social teaching, proven to have been right all along. WELTER is studying for his doctorate in systematic theology and teaching English in Taiwan.

TV PROGRAM NOTES, FILM FARE SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 8-9:30 P.M. EDT (TCM) “THE CIRCUS” (1928). Charles Chaplin wrote, directed, produced and starred in this silent feature for which he has written a musical score as well as a song for the sound version. Charlie, on the run from the police, hides in the circus and becomes a prop man but inadvertently proves funnier than the clowns. A real gem of comic invention and sympathetic understanding of human nature and the human condition. SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 10-11 P.M. EDT (EWTN) “AQUINAS COLLEGE: Dr. Peter Kreeft, Prof. Eduardo Echeverria.” Speakers at Aquinas College’s Evangelizing the Culture Conference in Grand Rapids, Mich., include Boston College professor Peter Kreeft and professor Eduardo Echeverria of Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. Part of the series “EWTN on Location.” TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 9-10 P.M. EDT (PBS) “DOLLARS AND DENTISTS.” Correspondent Miles O’Brien investigates the flaws in the American dental system and nascent proposals to fix them. FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 3:30-6 A.M. EDT (EWTN) “SOLEMNITY OF THE FEAST OF STS. PETER AND PAUL (LIVE).” Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Solemn Mass of Sts. Peter and Paul, which includes the imposition of palliums on new archbishops. Broadcast live from St. Peter’s Basilica. An encore presentation airs 5:30-8 p.m. EDT. SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 5:15-8 P.M. EDT (TCM) “ALEXANDER THE GREAT” (1956). Historical dramatization re-creates the life of the Macedonian prince (Richard Burton) who, after the Greek city-states fell to his father, Philip (Fredric March), went on to conquer the mighty Persian Empire in a 10-year campaign ending with his death in 323 B.C. at age 33. ©CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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USF’s Zimmer selected 5th overall by Royals in MLB draft University of San Francisco right-hander Kyle Zimmer became the highest draft pick in the 106year history of the campus’ baseball program. Zimmer was selected fifth overall by the Kansas City Royals in the 2012 MLB draft this month. It was his third year at USF. “This is a dream come true,” Zimmer said. The Royals “are going to get a fierce competitor and someone who’s going to go out and attack and pitch till I drop. I’m really excited to be a part of the Royals organization.” Zimmer is the highest draft pick in any USF sport since 1979, when basketball legend Bill Cartwright was selected third overall by the New York Knicks. The La Jolla native dominated in his third year at USF, going 5-3 with a 2.85 ERA. “I’m really proud of Kyle, happy for his family and for the University of San Francisco,” head coach Nino Giarratano said. “Emotionally, when you go into the draft you want him (Kyle) to go as high as possible and to the right team. I’m excited that he went to the Royals. I like what they’re doing and the direction they’re headed.” The 6-foot-4, 220-pound pitcher was originally recruited out of La Jolla High School as a third baseman but transitioned to the mound in his

RIORDAN GRADS WIN NATIONAL ARTS AWARDS

Devin Ampola and Jowy-Jhan Curameng, both 2012 graduates of Archbishop Riordan High School, are winners of National Youth Arts Awards – Devin Devin Jowy-Jhan for his work as Ampola Curameng Moonface in “Anything Goes” and Jowy-Jhan for his performance as Renfield in “Dracula,” on the boards of Riordan’s Lindland Theatre. Jowy is headed to Santa Clara University. Devin is studying acting this summer on scholarship at the Berridge Conservatory in France.

STUDENTS HELP AILING TEACHER

Students at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Redwood City and Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Daly City joined together to help physical education teacher Eugene Borja and his family as Borja battles acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The schools have taken the name “Team B: Be faithful. Be healed. Be brave.” Orange commemorative T-shirts are now worn for physical education class, and shirt sales have helped to bring $8,000 to the fundraiser so far. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Borja family and we want them to know we are here for them,” OLMC principal Teresa Anthony said.

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during the 13th round of the Major League Baseball first-year player draft. Harlan, a member of the Riordan class of 2008, was the 406th MLB draft pick overall and one of six Fresno State players chosen. The 6-foot-6 left-hander posted a 2.78 ERA as a senior at Fresno State. Thomas Harlan MLB teams have until 2 p.m. PT on Friday, July 13, to sign players selected in the 2012 draft.

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Junipero Serra High School baseball head coach Craig Gianinno was named Baseball Coach of the Year by the San Jose Mercury News/Palo Alto Daily News on June 8.”I’m humbled by this honor but the credit goes to our players,” Gianinno said. Padre varsity players won the West Catholic Athletic Craig Gianinno League tournament and made it to the Central Coast Section playoffs this year.

LONGTIME ST. CECILIA PRINCIPAL RETIRING

St. Cecilia School has been led for the last 20 years by Holy Names Sister Marilyn Miller, herself a St. Cecilia alumna. Sister Marilyn’s tenure at the Parkside District school in San Francisco ends this month. “These last 20 years have been filled with many blessings and challenges” Sister Marilyn said in Sister Marilyn a letter to school parents announcMiller, SNJM ing her “final year of ministry at St. Cecilia School” making it perfectly clear that the “St. Cecilia School and parish family are at the top of the list of blessings.” “I am privileged to have ministered with Msgr. (Michael) Harriman and the dedicated men and women who have shared in these years of service to the families of St. Cecilia,” Sister Marilyn said in her letter. She said she has been “honored and blessed to partner with St. Cecilia parents” in developing the “full potential of each child” and that she has been enriched by the students’ enthusiasm and in watching “them mature and grow into adults who will help create a better world.” “We have journeyed together through both happy and tragic events,” she said, “all the while being there for each other and reminding ourselves that God is with us.” Msgr. Harriman, pastor at St. Cecilia’s told Catholic San Francisco: “Over the 18 years I have been pastor, I have been very grateful for Sister

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SACRED HEART ATHERTON STUDENT WINS AWARD

Veronica Louise Mendoza, soon to be a sophomore at Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton, has been named a Telly Silver Award winner for her video “Getting to Know Chewbacca.” The video features interviews with actor Peter Mayhew, who has played the character in many of the Star Wars films. Veronica also toured Skywalker Ranch in Marin County. The video can be viewed at www. youtube.com/watch?v=10TSXvuQNe0.

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Research: Students value science, experience over religion VALERIE SCHMALZ CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Hiring a smart Catholic high school science teacher who understands faith and philosophy might be the best way to convert students to the Catholic faith. The millennials or “generation next” as a group just don’t give much credence to religious authorities – but high school and college students do trust scientists, a Vermont college professor told a conference on Catholic education June 12. “Proof trumps faith,” said Jeffrey B. Adams, professor of psychology at St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vt., whose talk was entitled “Students’ Attitudes Toward Religion: I Haven’t Read the Bible but I’ve Seen the Movie.” “Students are really strongly inclined to listen to scientists,” said Adams,

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curriculum. This was the third year the Bronx, N.Y.-based group presented the seminar at the Kentfield campus. While 59 percent of Americans in 2007 agreed “religion is very important in life,” a somewhat lower 52 percent of those 15-17 agreed with the statement in 2000, according to one study, Adams said, and among those 18-25, the percentage dropped to 47 percent. That compares to 75 percent of all Americans in 1952 who told Gallup that religion was very important to them. “In effect, we are evangelizing to a neo-paganistic society,” said Jeffrey Sharfen, English chair at Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa, who attended the conference. To bring the Catholic faith to its students, a Catholic high school should “integrate faith into all topics, especially the sciences,” Adams said.

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REUNION: St. Brigid High School reunion at Sinbad’s Restaurant, Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco. Contact Pat Sabatini at (650) 685-5666 or email Pat.Sabatini@sbcglobal.net.

REUNION: St. Cecilia Elementary School, class of 1952, at Caesar’s Restaurant in San Francisco, 5 p.m. with dinner at 6. Contact Marilyn Donnelly at (650) 365-5192 or Brian Wilson at (408) 656-8303.

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REUNION: Marin Catholic High School, class of ’62 at Jason’s Restaurant, Greenbrae. Visit www.marincatholic62. com or call Jeannie at (415) 479-3838 or Mergie, at (415) 453-7714.

THURSDAY, OCT. 11 BRENNAN AWARDS: St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco presents Brennan Award to Dolores McKeever Donahue at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel, 333 O’Farrell St., San Francisco with reception at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7. Visit www.svdp-sf.org.

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en’s Guild sponsors fundraiser at Olympic Club Lakeside. For tickets and information, contact Bridget Corvi at (415) 337-9094, Sandra Fullerton at (415) 334-2950 or Margaret O’Driscoll at (415) 846-3062.

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JUNE 22, 2012

Father Pettingill celebrates priestly 50th Father David Pettingill celebrated his 50th anniversary as a priest at St. Emydius Church in San Francisco June 10. Father Pettingill, who grew up in St. Emydius, has lived and served there for the last 16 years. He is a former pastor of St. Gabriel Parish, San Francisco, as well as a former professor Father David at St. Patrick’s Seminary & Pettingill University in Menlo Park and principal of Marin Catholic High School. He is called often to lead retreats

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and days of recollection for clergy and lay ministers. Salt Lake City Bishop John C. Wester was principal celebrant of the anniversary Mass. Sulpician Father Gerald Coleman was homilist. Father Bill Brady, St. Emydius pastor, with Father Pettingill, San Jose Bishop P.J. McGrath and a dozen priests from throughout the archdiocese concelebrated. Deacon Mike Ghiorso proclaimed the Gospel. In his remarks at the end of Mass, Father Pettingill said his priesthood has been a blessed half-century for him. “I would do it all again,” he told the assembly who filled every pew in the Ingleside District church.

SERRA ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS

(PHOTO COURTESY DENNIS CALLAHAN)

Archbishop George Niederauer presented Assumpta Awards May 17 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, to Dominican Father Xavier Lavagetto, pastor, St. Dominic Church, San Francisco; Patricia Coleman, director, Arthur B. Coleman Center, San Francisco; Social Service Sister Celeste Arbuckle, archdiocesan director of religious education and youth ministry; and, not pictured, Joanne and Martin Murphy, St. Brendan Parish, San Francisco. The Assumpta Awards are presented to men and women who have been of great service in the mission of the church.

More than 600 students from Catholic schools and religious education programs in San Mateo County entered this year’s essay contest sponsored by the San Mateo Serra Club, which supports vocations to the priesthood. Winners were announced at a luncheon April 26 at St. Gregory Parish. Pictured are St. Gregory’s Patrick Callagy, grade school grand prize winner; and event coordinators Deacon Jim Shea and Jeanette Cook Barrett. High school division grand prize winner was Ellie Hurley, Notre Dame High School, Belmont.

NOW AVAILABLE HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY 125th Anniversary

“Cookbook of Memories” As food has always been a comfort to families who have experienced a loss, it seems only fitting that Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery would create a cookbook in honor of its 125th Anniversary. Our “Cookbook of Memories” is now available for $10.00. Please stop by the Cemetery Office to pick up a copy. You may also order by email to costinson@holycrosscemeteries.com. Please add $3.00 postage.

OBITUARIES

Sister Mary Ann Scofield, RSM Mercy Sister Mary Ann Scofield, 86, died June 3 at the sisters’ Marian Oaks Life Center, Burlingame. A funeral Mass was celebrated June 14 in the motherhouse chapel, with interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. Sister Mary Ann entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1947 and professed vows in 1949. She held a graduate degree in theology and a postgraduate degree in the theology of spiritual direction. A former faculty member at St. Patrick’s Seminary & Sister Mary Ann University in Menlo Park and Santa Clara University, she joined the staff at Mercy Center, Burlingame, in 1989 and began the Internship in the Art of Spiritual Direction. She was a founder of Spiritual Directors International, serving as first director, and directed spirituality programs worldwide. “She was never judgmental. Her concept of God was so large that she was always making our concept of God bigger.” said Johna Peterson, a Mercy associate. Sister Mary Ann is survived by her sister Patricia Conlin. Memorial gifts may be made to The Sister Mary Ann Scofield Scholarship Fund at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame 94010.

Sister Honora Barnacle, PBVM Presentation Sister Honora Barnacle died May 17 at the sisters’ motherhouse in San Francisco. Born in San Francisco, Sister Honora was 84 years old and a Sister of the Presentation for 65 years. She taught in Presentation high schools in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Berkeley from 1966-82. In addition to teaching high school English, she moderated student musical productions and yearbook staffs. A funeral Mass was celebrated Sister Honora May 22 in the motherhouse chapel. Interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. Survivors include sister Betty Barnacle Dillane; brother Robert Barnacle; cousins; and her close friend Marcia Rooney. Remembrances may be made to Sisters of the Presentation, Development Office, 281 Masonic Ave., San Francisco 94118.

SCRIPTURE SEARCH Gospel for June 24, 2012 Luke 1: 57-66, 80 Following is a word search based on the Gospel reading for the Nativity of John the Baptist. The words can be found in all directions in the puzzle. THE TIME A SON GREAT MERCY MOTHER TABLET FREED CHILD

ELIZABETH NEIGHBORS ZECHARIAH CALLED AMAZED TO SPEAK STRONG

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CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JUNE 22, 2012

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HELP WANTED GOSPEL CHOIR DIRECTOR POSITION AVAILABLE!

INFANT CARE

Licensed RN # 214005188 Call Peggy at 415.924.1727

Women’s Health Forum - 9:30 am - 12:00 pm.St. Mary’s Medical Center, 450 Stanyan St. San Francisco, CA 9411 - Level B, Cafeteria St. Mary’s Medical Center and St. Mary’s Medical Center Foundation presents a FREE Women’s Health Event. Learn about Assessing your Risk for Hereditary Cancer, Vibrant Health for Women through Diet and Lifestyle, Beating Heart Disease, and Menopause. There will be FREE Diabetes Screenings Although the seminars and screenings are free we ask that you register in advance.

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HELP WANTED Director of Religious Education- St. Anselm Catholic Church in beautiful Marin County, Ross, Ca. Qualified candidate must be a practicing Catholic in good standing, min. BA/BS, degree in Theology preferred. This part time, 20 -25 hours per week position, includes partial benefits and requires some evening and weekend job responsibilities. Applicant’s will possess strong English communication skills (both verbal and written), excellent organizational skills and experience with scheduling, teaching: RCIA, baptismal and marriage prep. classes, altar server training, confirmation classes and more. Qualified candidates should send cover letter and resume to: ann@saintanselm.org or mail to P.O. Box 1061, Ross Ca. 94957 No phone calls please.

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for Capuchin Franciscan Order of CA in Burlingame Principal Duties and Responsibilities Manages and oversees all accounting functions and maintains all financial records for Province Treasury Office; prepares and reports Provincial quarterly financial information to the Council and religious community; monitors daily cash flow; coordinates preparation and reporting of budgets at provincial and house levels; administers all benefits and insurance programs for friars and lay employees, and biweekly payroll for ten employees; supervises one full-time accounting clerk; primary contact for annual audits; liaison between Provincial Office and Province membership for administrative and financial matters.

St. Paul of the Shipwreck Catholic Church has a fabulous Gospel Choir, and we are looking for a Director to direct our choir and musicians at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday Gospel Mass. Salary is negotiable within range of the Archdiocese of San Francisco established guidelines. Email your Resume/Application to spswoffice@aol.com, or FAX to (415) 468-1400. For more details, call Rev. Mr. Larry Chatmon, Deacon, daytime at (415) 557-5330, or evening (510) 430-0353.

Required Skills Degree in finance or business administration; minimum five years experience in accounting administration, with non-profit and/or religious accounting experience preferred; extensive computer skills with emphasis on financial programs (i.e. QuickBooks, Excel); strong attention to details and accuracy; good organizational skills; excellent oral and written communication skills; strong leadership/motivational skills; ability to work with a multi-cultural and multi-departmental institution; able to maintain a high level of confidentiality Salary commensurate with experience. To Apply For more details about this position and specifics on the application process, please visit the Capuchin Franciscans’ website at olacapuchins.org and click on the Job Opening link.

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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of May

CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO | JUNE 22, 2012

HOLY CROSS COLMA Evelyn D. Aguilar Rosemarie Aguirre Mary Isabel Applegarth William E. Arata, Jr. Aileen Gibson Arnaudo Spiro Azzopardi Ian James Bailey Sr. Patricia Ann (Honora) Barnacle, PBVM Sandra Leticia Becerra-Chun Coralia “Cora” Borgards Bernice M. Bozzini Winifred H. Browne Anastacia Lardizabal Buenavista Virginia L. Caffrey Sr. Irene Callaghan Gerald F. Cantwell Purificacion Carubio Alfred Francis Caserza Paciencia Macaraan Casino Emma Cippa Shirley A. Coffaro Betty Coffin Sylvia S. Corpuz Elizabeth Claire Ryan Coughlan Sonja L. Crain Pauline Cresci Patricia B. Cruden Francisco Dalog Linda D. Davis Rosalina de los Angeles Nick Dedo Calvin Louis Delucchi Marilyn E. Dito Paulina Dmytraszczuk Mary M. Domek Jean M. Elsa Deanna Ruth Espina Dora C. Feldman

Margaret Ferraz Mercedes Mary Flores Lloyd J. Germanetti Sharon Marie Greene Rose M. Grossetti Mary Loretta Guillory Soopil “Gregorio” Ha John I. Hannon Maria Rita Hernandez Raul Huerta Annette Hurabielle Florentino T. Irag Dr. Antonio O. Jimenez, Jr. Patricia M. John Gladys Rita Kanary Jean S. Kearney Patricia Kerwin Regina Kramer Natalio D. Lacap Margaret “Babe” Langlow Sandra Ann Langlow Robert F. Lautze Jean M Leone Sherman Little, Jr. Margaret Littlewood Frances Lyons William F. Mahoney Bea Malloy Anita Mamaraldo Nina Martinico Marquardt Thomas R. Masini Luz R. Mayo Carolyn McDonald Anna Frances McShane Michael Joseph McShane Edward G. Mifsud Mike Mihalek, Jr. Andrew “Andy” Monroe Marian M. Murphy Glenn V. Nazareno

Paul E. Neagle, M.D. Isabel Ocon Carlos Olivares Adolfo A. Ortega Dominic Patane, Sr. Pierre Poydessus Carmello J. Pulizzano Heidi Correa Ramirez Albert Ramos Thea Roberts Ilma Manzano Rodriguez Dennis H. Rosaia Mary J. Ruggiero Dante D. Santora Luzinda D. Santos Frank Scheifler Michael Timothy Scheper Paul O. Schiebold, Jr. Roy C. Seiler Alicia Uy Sim Angelina “Connie” Spinali Carrie N. Topo Timothy Twomey John Uth Alice Valadao Rosa M. Valencia Georgia Dondero Vargas Mary Frances Vergano Edward F. Ward, Jr. Clare Carey Willard Dolores Anne Williams Helen L. Wright

HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Michel Jean Boudart George E. Clyne Frank Douglas Cuddy

David Lopez Domingo Naranjo Josphine J. Oliva Malia L. Tongia William “Bill” Wagstaffe

MT. OLIVET SAN RAFAEL Lorna M. Bounds Alice Brusatori Christensen Daniela Sarai Tarazena Colomo Daniel Walter Costello Esau Cabrera DeLeon Omar (Shaggy) Gonzalez Harold V. Mendelsohn Patrick “Pat” Walsh

OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR HALF MOON BAY Manuel Machado

TOMALES CATHOLIC CEMETERY Peter A. Paganetti Rose M. Paganetti

ST. ANTHONY’S PESCADERO Juan Vargas Pulido

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA FIRST SATURDAY MASS – Saturday, July 7, 2012 All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 am. Rev. Raymund Reyes, Pastor St. Anne of the Sunset

A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives.

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